Kane Williamson felt that Shubman Gill has responded to early challenges of being a skipper in Test cricket "beautifully" and said that the captaincy sits well with him.
Shubman Gill became the 37th Test captain of the India National Cricket Team and made his captaincy debut in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025 against the England National Cricket Team.
Shubman Gill performed brilliantly in his debut innings as Test captain and slammed 147 runs, but India lost that match by 5 wickets at Headingley in Leeds.
With the win at Edgbaston, he became the youngest Indian Test captain to win an overseas Test, at age 25 years and 301 days, surpassing Sunil Gavaskar’s previous record. Meanwhile, under his leadership, India lost the third Test match at Lord's in London despite a good performance.
He's absolutely world-class - Kane Williamson on Shubman Gill
"He's responded beautifully, hasn't he? I always thought captaincy sits well with Shubman. I know happening in a franchise space is slightly different, you know it's a shorter sort of project versus captain in your country, which is you know it's a lot more consuming. Whilst you're in that role, you're never out of it. It's a much larger role sort of on and off the field."
"Watching Shubman operate and he's wise beyond his years and you know that responsibility is naturally something that he would look to take on. So hearing him get that opportunity was no surprise to me but you know the quality of the player is something that goes without saying. He's absolutely world-class. And all the other formats throughout... the IPL for a number of years and one day cricket I think he's top of the tree there. Test cricket really is a matter of time."
It's been amazing - Kane Williamson on Shubman Gill's Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy heroics
"To see him come over here and conditions that can be challenging with the Dukes from time to time, and dominate like he has, it's been amazing."
"And then I think goes a long way for him and his comfort in that role as well as a leader of the Indian team. The cricketer Shubman and the leadership qualities that he has... if he separates those then there is real quality in both departments and actually starting sort of embedding the things that you value, along with the head coach," the Kiwi great said.
"Forming that really strong bond... it's really important and I think that's what we're seeing in these early stages. There are going to be really valuable lessons for him and we're looking towards the leader that he will become but it's still early days.
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