‘Rohit Sharma clearly knows who the next leader will be’: Suresh Raina on Shubman Gill being selected as vice-captain for Champions Trophy

“Gill is 1 of the champion captains we’ve seen, particularly with however helium led the Gujarat squad successful the IPL. The mode helium has performed successful the past 12-16 months justifies this decision. That’s wherefore Rohit volition unfastened with him—it’s a large determination by the selectors and Rohit Sharma himself. Rohit has observed however Gill leads, overmuch similar however Virat Kohli did. Gill’s on-field enactment ethic is exceptional. He knows the team, leads from the front, and has a beardown consciousness of the game. It’s a precise bully determination by the selectors and Rohit,” helium added.

On Saturday, the BCCI had announced India’s 15-member squad for the forthcoming Champions Trophy successful Dubai with Rohit returning arsenic skipper for yet different 50-over ICC tourney and Gill named arsenic vice-captain.

Returning to the planetary docket aft 8 years, the Champions Trophy volition beryllium held successful a hybrid exemplary with India playing their matches successful Dubai portion the remaining games volition beryllium held successful 3 venues successful Pakistan. India volition unfastened their run connected February 20 against Bangladesh, followed by radical games against Pakistan and New Zealand successful the eight-team tournament.

India and Pakistan had met successful the last of the erstwhile variation successful 2017 astatine the Oval wherever the Men successful Blue suffered a monolithic decision against their arch-rivals. India had antecedently clinched the trophy successful 2013 nether MS Dhoni’s leadership. They were adjudged joint-overs of the rubric successful 2002 alongside Sri Lanka aft a washed-out final.