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Former Indian cricketer and analyst Mohammad Kaif has asserted that the Indian ODI captain Shubman Gill might be feeling guilty inside him for replacing Rohit Sharma, who was removed from captaincy after leading the Indian team to the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 victory.
Speaking on his YouTube channel, Kaif also stated that Gill can learn a lot from the proven leader Rohit Sharma during the transition phase. Notably, Rohit led the Indian team to the T20 World Cup 2024 and Champions Trophy 2025 title victories.
"It takes time for any new captain, now, for Gill, he has Rohit Sharma, a proven leader, playing under him. Gill also knows that Rohit Sharma has not done anything wrong as a captain. He was removed from captaincy. When Gill goes to sleep in his hotel room, he must be thinking that Rohit bhai has not done anything wrong. He must be feeling the guilt inside, that people are backing me, but think about Rohit bhai, he did so well and won trophies, but even after that, he was removed, and I was named captain,” Kaif said on his YouTube channel.
Furthermore, Kaif also reckoned that Gill would definitely feel nervous, captaining the Indian talismanic batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma during the transition period ahead of the much-awaited ICC World Cup in 2027.
"So, considering everything, fatigue, travel, playing so many matches on the trot, and having the task of captaining Rohit and Kohli, it will take time. This is a transition phase for Gill as ODI captain. Whenever he leads Rohit and Kohli, he will feel nervous. So this is a time where the runs are not coming from the bat, and we lost a bilateral ODI series, I don't even remember when we lost a bilateral series. So, all of this has happened under his captaincy, and this had to happen," he added.
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