‘It’s a Honeymoon period…’: Sourav Ganguly praised Shubman Gill and Indian team to have limitless talent

Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly believes that Shubman Gill is enjoying a “honeymoon period” as the Test captain of the team. However, there is going to be more pressure on him as more time passes by.

Shubman Gill is at 585 runs, and is just 18 runs short to surpass Rahul Dravid (602) for the most runs by an Indian batter in an England series. Dravid had reached the feat al the way back in 2002.

“This is the best I’ve seen him bat and I’m not surprised.I’ve recently said in an interview to PTI CEO that there will always be players in Indian cricket after every generation. Whenever there’s a void, players will come and fill it. There is so much talent in Indian cricket. In every generation you will find players,” Ganguly said while talking to reporters at Eden Gardens on the sidelines of his birthday celebration.

“After the great (Sunil) Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, (Sachin) Tendulkar, (Rahul) Dravid, (Anil) Kumble came and then (Virat) Kohli, now Gill, (Yashasvi) Jaiswal, Akash Deep, Mukesh (Kumar), (Mohammed) Siraj… just see the abundance of talent. In every generation, whenever there’s a void, they will come and fill it. I’ve always said that,” he added.

“It’s phenomenal. I hope his career will take a new direction. And I believe he’s a middle-order batter. He has just become captain, it’s a honeymoon period. But there would be more pressure with time. The pressure will build in the next three Tests.,” Ganguly later added.

Leading India for the first time, Gill has smashed three hundreds (including a double) in two matches so far, and already has 585 runs at an average of 146.25.