Gill will be in leadership group, says KKR coach

Kolkata, August 19

Kolkata Knight Riders head coach Brendon McCullum wants to give some “leadership” role to talented youngster Shubman Gill, whose batting lower down the order copped much criticism last season. Basically a top-order batsman, the 20-year-old Gill played some solid knocks for KKR last season but he did not click when he was asked to bat down the order.

“What a talent… he (Gill) is going to be a part of our leadership group this year as well, at least in some capacity. Even though he is young, I am a big believer that it’s not necessarily true that you having played for a long time makes you a good leader,” McCullum said. “It’s about you exhibiting the behaviours of a leader. It’s always good to have a cross-section of leadership within your group. To us, Shubman is one of those guys we would look to lean on for some leadership throughout this season,” said the former New Zealand captain. — PTI