Former England all-rounder Moeen Ali says that the absence of star batsmen like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will benefit England during the Test series. A five-match Test series is to be played between India and England from next month, and before that, Rohit and Kohli have announced their retirement from the Test format. With this series, India will start the next cycle of the World Test Championship (WTC).
Moeen retired from international cricket last year.
Moeen said goodbye to international cricket last year. He said, of course, I think this is a huge advantage for England. Two top players who have come to England many times on tour, so they have experience. I remember Rohit did very well in England last time. The passion they have, the kind of leaders they are, both of them have captained India in Test cricket. So yes, it is a big loss for the team.
In Moeen’s view, Gill can become the captain.
Shubman Gill, who is leading the race for India’s captaincy after Rohit retires from Test cricket, has never captained India in the longest format or ODI. But Moeen believes that Gill will be a very good choice to captain India, even if he does not have the experience of captaining India in the longest format.
Moeen said, I think it will be Shubman Gill. Ideally BCCI would like to make Jasprit Bumrah the captain because he is a very good captain, a good leader and he has done this before. But due to his injury record, he may not be able to play the entire series. I think they will give the captaincy to someone who has done well in Test cricket so far. Gill leads Gujarat Titans in the IPL, so they still have a very good captain, inexperienced but a good captain and a good mind, but it will be a challenge in the conditions of England.
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