Shubman Gill and co. slumped to a defeat at the hands of England in the first Test at Headingly, as the Three Lions comfortably chased down a target of 371 in the second innings - thanks to a century from Ben Duckett and half-centuries from Zack Crawley and Joe Root.
Gill's leadership in the match seemed to be a bit lackluster, as the senior players decided to step in when things were slowly moving away from India's grasp.
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The involvement of too many players taking important calls might have left the new skipper 'shell-shocked', as Alastair Cook feels Gill had taken a backseat in the latter stage of the game.
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Alastair Cook speaks out on Shubman Gill's role as leader at Headingly
The former English skipper felt that the on-field decisions were being made by players other than Shubman Gill himself, which takes away the very essence of being the skipper in a game.
"You could see lots of people out on the field making decisions and getting involved with DRS calls, and they got all of those wrong. You can read all the leadership books you like but until you are out there, there is no other feeling like it. I imagine he [Gill] would have felt shell-shocked," Cook wrote in his column for the Sunday Times.
Cook also mentioned one of Gill's slip-ups in the fourth Day of the Test match.
"I think in India’s second innings, a more established captain might have thought ‘we’re 340 ahead and five down, let’s put some pressure on England’. As it was, they were bowled out with a lead of just over 370 anyway, but it might have helped their situation to have attacked a bit more."
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The former England skipper called for more flexibility from Gill, something the new Indian skipper lacked in England's second innings.
"I thought Jadeja could have bowled into the rough slightly slower — instead he bowled in the way he might have done in India. I sympathised with the India captain, Shubman Gill, in that fourth innings. I felt India could have tried more things. They could have had a go with a 7-2 offside field or tried bouncer warfare," Cook added.
It will be interesting to see how Gill carries out his leadership duties in the second Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham, as India will take the field in order to level the series.