India captain Shubman Gill will bat at No. 4 in the course of the first Take a look at match towards England beginning on Friday, wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant confirmed on Wednesday.
Pant additionally mentioned that he’ll proceed to bat at No. 5, with the thriller round who will come out at No. 3 persevering with.
“I feel there may be nonetheless dialogue occurring, who’s going to play at No. 3 however positively 4 and 5 are mounted. I feel Shubman goes to bat at No. 4 and I’m going to stay to No. 5 as of now, and the remainder, we’re going to maintain on discussing about that,” Pant instructed reporters at a press convention.
This can the primary Take a look at match for India following the retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from the longest format.
Gill could have an enormous job of shouldering the duty of the No. 4 which has beforehand seen Kohli rating 7564 runs on the place. The 25-year-old’s solely prior expertise of captaining India was throughout a five-match T20I sequence towards Zimbabwe in July 2024.