Simon Doull's Bold Statement on Shubman Gill Pulling Ahead of Prithvi Shaw: 'I Made a Strong Assertion...'

Additionally, Shubman has recently been appointed as the vice-captain for white-ball formats and has solidified his position in Test matches as well.

Simon Doull, who was part of the 2018 U19 WC commentary team, discussed Shaw and Gill's early careers when the former received the majority of attention.

“When you think about a young man with the ability to change things in the middle of a series, that’s what’s quite impressive. And I first saw Shubman in the U-19 World Cup in New Zealand and there was so much chat around Prithvi Shaw at that stage," Doull shared to the broadcasters, JioCinema.

Doull recalled that he made a statement way back during the U-19 WC that Gill has more potential than Shaw who feels had some technical flaws in his batting.

“I made quite a bold statement that Shubman Gill’s career would way, way surpass what Prithvi Shaw does because there were some technical flaws in Prithvi Shaw and Shubman just didn’t look like he had technical flaws at that stage," he added.

The former New Zealand cricketer was impressed with Gill's solid 90-run knock and recalled his interview with the young Indian start from his earlier days.

“When I interviewed him, he was like I want big runs. I want big hundreds and that’s the hunger of the man. I think he wants them at Test level as well. Yes, the white-ball stuff means a lot to him, but he wants runs here. He wants big runs at this level, and that can only bode well," he shared.

He further named Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant are the future of India's batting.

“When you think about Jaiswal, Gill and Pant, they are the future of the batting of this side and he’s got a huge role to play in years to come. So, to make little improvements in between Test matches, absolute class," concluded Doull.