Gill's Captaincy Slammed: Ex-Pakistani Cricketers Compare Him to Babar Azam

• Former Pakistani cricketers Kamran Akmal and Basit Ali criticized Shubman Gill's captaincy after India's ODI series loss to New Zealand.
• Basit Ali compared Gill's captaincy to Shan Masood's, advising Gill to "go to school and learn captaincy" due to strategic errors.
• Akmal agreed, stating Gill failed to utilize specialist bowlers effectively and called his appointment as ODI captain hasty, akin to Babar Azam's in 2018.
• Both cricketers questioned strategic decisions, including batting order choices against left-arm spin and underutilization of left-handed batsmen.
• The criticism arose after India lost two consecutive ODIs to New Zealand, failing to secure Gill's first home series win as captain.

Why It Matters: Shubman Gill's captaincy faces heavy criticism from former Pakistani cricketers after India's ODI series loss.