The good thing for Gautam Gambhir is that he has got a captain who’s stable, composed, and calm: Ravi Shastri

Ravi Shastri praises the new Indian captain's temperament, stating that his 'stable, composed, and calm' nature is a significant advantage for Head Coach Gautam Gambhir's tenure, especially amidst new team policies and a period of transition for the squad.

By Rui 19 Oct 2025 in Cricket

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Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri has emphasized that the current Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir has a stable captain, composed, and calm to take the side to the elusive WTC title.

Interestingly, India suffered defeats to New Zealand and Australia in the first two WTC Finals, respectively. However, they failed to make it to the grand finale in the third edition of the World Test Championship.

“It takes time to understand your players, to know what kind of combinations you should play. You know the fact that they have beaten West Indies and now they have got 2 Test matches under their belt overseas. It makes them firm favourites again to make it to the final of the WTC, barring something out of the ordinary happening,” Shastri said on The Grade Cricketer podcast.

“The good thing for him is that he has got a captain now who’s stable, composed, who’s calm, who’s quietly confident about his own ability and is a terrific player. He’s the man for the next decade for India. You got Rishabh Pant who is 26 for Test matches. There is very good back up there in Dhruv Jurel who can keep and bat as well. So makings of a good side. I think what he’ll be looking out for is a nice bench of fast bowlers. With Shami retiring, Bumrah- management load, you need another 3 to be groomed very quickly if India are to start challenging overseas on a regular basis,” he added.

Notably, after Ravi Ashwin retired from the longest format of the game during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma also followed the queue, retiring from Tests ahead of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.

Later, the Indian selection committee appointed Shubman Gill as the new Test captain. A few months later, he was also elevated as the vice-captain of the T20I side and the skipper of the ODI side.

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