Shubman Gill got Test captaincy because of Yuvraj Singh? Big claim by Yograj Singh

Rohit Sharma recently retired from Test cricket. After his departure, BCCI has made Shubman Gill the Test captain of Team India after a long discussion. He will be India's 37th captain in this format and will take over this post from the England tour.

Meanwhile, now Team India's legendary all-rounder Yuvraj Singh's father Yograj Singh has made a big claim. He says that his son is behind Gill becoming the captain. It is because of Yuvraj that Gill has been able to become the captain of the Indian team today. The credit for this goes to him.

What did Yograj Singh say?

Speaking to news agency ANI, Yograj claimed that apart from his father, Yuvraj deserves credit for Gill becoming the captain. Describing his son as a "great cricketing brain", Yograj said that it is because of Yuvraj's guidance that Gill has become capable of becoming the captain today and will remain the captain for a long time. Yograj Singh said, "If Gill has become the captain today and will remain so for a long time, then Yuvraj Singh's guidance will play an important role in it.

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He has a big contribution in this. It is a big thing for a person like Yuvraj, the greatest cricketer of the world, to take Gill under his protection." At the age of 25 years and 258 days, Gill has become the fourth youngest player to become the captain of India's Test team.

Before him, Sachin Tendulkar became the Test captain at the age of 23 years and 169 days. Kapil Dev has captained India in Tests at the age of 24 years 48 days and Ravi Shastri at the age of 25 years 229 days. Gill does not have captaincy experience in Tests, but he led India in a 5-match T20I series in Zimbabwe in 2024. Gill has also been the vice-captain in ODIs and T20 Internationals.

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He was the vice-captain in the Champions Trophy in February 2025. Under his captaincy, the Gujarat team has reached the playoffs. Gave training during the Corona epidemic.

Summary

During the Corona epidemic, Yuvraj Singh had arranged a camp for the young cricketers of Punjab at his home in Chandigarh. He trained players like Shubman Gill, Anmolpreet Singh and Abhishek Sharma for about a month.