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India’s national team captain Shubman Gill has lost respect as a leader in the eyes of Mohammad Kaif leaving the Karun Nair struggle for the fourth test against England at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester.
The former Indian Bacter headed to his social media handle to criticize Shubman Gill’s decision to leave Karun Nair for the obligatory game in progress of the five games in progress series Against England. The Indian Cricket team left Nair and brought Sai Sudharsan for the Manchester test.
Mohammed Kaif Slams Shubman Gill to drop Karun Nair
This movement has raised questions about Gill’s leadership decisions. Above all, Nair had a comeback to the Indian team after eight long years at the back of the memorable performances in the house cricket. However, the batter on the right could not have a great impact on the first three tests.
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Karun started well, but failed to turn them into great scores, as he could only manage 131 runs at an average of 21.83, with his highest score 40, in the first three tests in England so far. His scores in the ongoing test series read 0, 20, 31, 26, 40 and 14 at a strike rate of 52.61.
When India looked at the five-game test series in Manchester, after having won 1-2, they made three changes. Along with Sai Sudharsan replacing Nair, Shardul Thakur and Ashul Kamboj were brought to the injured Akash Deep and Nitish Kumar Reddy.
Shubman Gill lost the opportunity to gain respect: Mohammad Kaif
However, Kaif was not satisfied with the call from Shubman Gill, saying that the Indian captain lost the opportunity to support a player with problems when he imported more and gaining respect.
He also said that Gill had the opportunity to show leadership by supporting Nair, who deserved one more opportunity, as if SAI managed to mark the races in the fourth ongoing test, Karnataka Batter’s trip with India would end.
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Mohammad Kaif published, X: “Today has been Shubman’s opportunity to support Karun, who was dropped, but he deserved one more opportunity. He should have chosen Karun Nair. The possibility of losing respect when making difficult decisions as a leader.”
Today has been Shubman’s opportunity to support Karun, but he deserved one more opportunity. Should have chosen Karun Nair. Chance lost respect when making difficult decisions as a leader.
– Mohammad Kaif (@mohammadkaif) JoneLand 23, 2025
India loses 14 launches in a row, points to the first victory in Manchester
In the meantime, India has not been very lucky with the launch lately. The last time Blue’s men have won a launch in any international party in January during a T20I against England in Rajkot. Since then, they have lost 14 launches in a row, including ICC events.
Manchester Old TRAFFORD has also been a hard place for India. In nine testing games played in the venue, India has never won a victory. On the other hand, England has been dominant in Manchester in recent years, gaining 14 of the 20 tests since 2000, with only 2 losses and 4 draws.
So far in the ongoing five -game test series, England has won four throws against India. Interestingly, no team has never won a test game at Old Trafford Cricket Ground after choosing Bowl first, because of the 11 such games, 3 were lost and 8 ended in draws.
