25-year-old Shubman became the 5th youngest captain of Indian Test Team

New Delhi,May 24, 2025.

Shubman Gill, the 25-year-old Indian batter, has been appointed as the new captain of the Indian men’s Test cricket team on Saturday, May 24. He will become India’s 37th Test captain, succeeding Rohit Sharma who retired from the five-day format on May 7. Gill is set to make his Test captaincy debut against England in Leeds on June 20 in the first match of a five-match series.


Gill has played 32 Test matches since his debut against Australia in Melbourne on December 26, 2020. He has scored 1893 runs, including five centuries and seven half-centuries.

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