ZIM vs IND – Shubman Gill: ‘Captaincy brings out the best in me’

Gill admitted there was pressure but the satisfaction of overcoming that and helping India finish on the right side of the results was “enormous”.

“There was pressure, I wouldn’t say more pressure, but it’s clear that even if you play as a batsman, if you don’t play, there is some kind of pressure that comes with it,” he said. “But I think that’s the fun part of it. You feel a lot of different emotions. Stress is one of them. And when you get out of that, the satisfaction you feel is great.”

India went with an inexperienced team in Zimbabwe with many of the youngest players in international cricket. Gill himself was only 14 T20Is years old going into the series but said the opportunity to lead a young side with “such talented players” was amazing.

“To be able to lead some incredibly talented players that I’ve had the pleasure of playing with or against at a certain stage in age-group or under-19 cricket or at the Indian level, it feels pretty amazing.

“When you play with a lot of players or with a lot of players… I think almost everyone I’ve played with or with him at a certain age group level, that makes my job easier because I understand them at the level of the players and I understand them. understand them as a person again.

“There are a lot of talented players, a lot of up-and-coming players and it’s great to be able to play alongside them when I’m at the non-striker end,” said Gill.

But what went wrong in the first T20I when India chasing 116 were bundled out for 102 in 19.5 overs? Gill said India “failed to assess the conditions” properly in that match.

“I think that was the mistake he made in the first T20, the scores were not that big but I think we didn’t assess the conditions early and we lost a lot of wickets in the powerplay and when you are under pressure, you are always behind in the game,” he said.

“You can take credit from Rohit bye or Mahi (MS Dhoni) byeVirat (Kohli) byeHardik (Pandya) bye, all of them,” he said. “They all have very good qualities. I played a lot under Rohit byeso he’s someone I look up to and I really enjoy playing under him.”