India tour of Zimbabwe: The Indian cricket team is going on a tour of Zimbabwe next month.

Team India was selected on Monday for the 5-match T20 International series to be played from July 6. Shubman Gill has been given the captaincy of Team India for this series against Zimbabwe, while many senior players have also been given rest.

Along with Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson has also been selected in the 15-member squad of Team India. In such a situation, Samson could have been considered for captaincy before Gill, because Sanju's claim was stronger. In this article, we are going to tell you 3 such reasons, which are enough to prove that appointing Sanju Samson as captain would have been a better decision than Shubman Gill.

3. There was haste in giving captaincy to Shubman Gill

Shubman Gill is considered the future star of the Indian cricket team. He has made a very special place in Team India with his ability. But he is completely new in terms of captaincy. If we talk about captaincy in IPL, then he had not done so before IPL 2024.

While captaining Gujarat Titans in the 17th season of IPL, it was clearly seen in Shubman Gill that he gets stuck seeing the situation and is unable to take the right decision.

The main reason behind this is lack of experience. Now on the basis of captaincy of one IPL season, he has been given the responsibility of the national team. In such a situation, somewhere BCCI hastened to give him the leadership of the team.

2. Shubman Gill's place in T20 International is not confirmed

Shubman Gill has become a regular player of Team India in the recent past, but his place in the shortest format is still not confirmed.

Shubman Gill played his first T20 International match in January 2023, but since then he has been able to play only 14 matches so far. At the same time, he is facing tough competition from young players Rituraj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Abhishek Sharma. In such a situation, when his place in the T20 International format is not being fixed, then appointing him as the captain is a bit surprising decision.

1. Sanju Samson has proved himself as a captain

Sanju Samson has proved himself as a captain. Talking about Samson, he has been continuously captaining Rajasthan Royals in the IPL for the last few seasons and has also taken his team to the playoffs many times during this time. Apart from this, he also has experience of captaincy in domestic cricket. Sanju has shown as a leader that he can take smart decisions for the team and does not give up easily under pressure. In such a situation, making any other young player the captain in the presence of Samson cannot be called a right decision.