Ravi Shastri: Don’t like vice-captain in home conditions
Updated On: 27 February, 2023 10:03 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Former India coach Ravi Shastri says he is always against appointing a deputy in the longer format; feels it complicates the playing XI when he is not in form
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Out-of-form KL Rahul was India’s vice-captain in the first Two Tests against Oz recently. Pics/Getty Images
Former India coach Ravi Shastri is against the idea of picking a vice-captain in a home series as he feels it complicates the selection of the best XI when the deputy team leader is not in form. Shastri also hinted that Shubman Gill should replace KL Rahul in the remaining two Tests of the Border Gavaskar Trophy against Australia.
There has been a lot of talk around India vice-captain Rahul’s prolonged lean patch. The opener has scores of 22, 23, 10, 2, 20, 17 and 1in his last seven innings. With the young Gill waiting in the wings despite his stellar run across formats, the pressure is increasing on Rahul. “The team management know his [Rahul’s] form, they know his mental state. They know how they should be watching someone like Gill,” Shastri said on the ICC Review podcast.
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