Prasidh Krishna Praises Gill's Captaincy: 'Set A Very Good Atmosphere Around'

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Prasidh Krishna praised Shubman Gill's leadership after India's loss to England in the first Test at Headingley.
Following India's loss against England in the first Test of the five-match series at Headingley, India's right-arm seamer Prasidh Krishna shared his thoughts on the newly appointed Test skipper Shubman Gill. Krishna praised the young middle-order batter for creating a 'very good atmosphere" in the dressing room.
Speaking at the press conference about Shubman Gill's captaincy and leadership skills, Krishna remarked,"I think he did a pretty good job. All of us saw how he rotated the bowlers, made sure everybody had enough breaks, brought in people at the right kind of spells, he saw opportunities and brought in the right kind of bowlers. All of that was great and knowing him, he set a very good atmosphere around. He's been speaking to all of us, we always go in with a plan and the communication is happening there."
Gill joined an elite list of Indians, including Sunil Gavaskar, Virat Kohli, Vijay Hazare, and Dilip Vengsarkar, by scoring 100 on his Test captaincy debut. He achieved this feat on Day 1 of the first Test against England at Leeds, Headingley, also marking the beginning of the 2025-27 World Test Championship (WTC) cycle for both nations. Gill completed 2000 runs in Test cricket, taking 60 innings to reach this milestone. Both Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli reached 2000 Test runs in their first match as captain.
Gill is the 23rd player to score a century in a debut innings as captain and the fourth youngest, behind Herbie Taylor, Alastair Cook, and Steven Smith. He brought up his 100 in 140 deliveries, featuring 14 boundaries to keep India steady. This was his sixth century in Tests, and he also has seven fifties to his name. Alongside Gill, Indian batter Yashasvi Jaiswal also scored a brilliant century, which was cut short at 101 runs by England skipper Ben Stokes right after Tea on Day 1. Jaiswal's innings included 16 fours and a six.
Krishna also discussed the team's five-wicket loss in the first Test against England at Leeds, Headingley. 'The dressing room is still nice and happy and very, very motivated. Like I said, we came here knowing what this opportunity meant for all of us and even in the game today, we might have looked quiet at some stages but I think we still had a plan, we wanted to do something and we went about doing it and we got two wickets in a cluster twice so that still kept the motivation going and then, you know as a bowling unit when something is happening, we still ended up taking the new ball. They needed about 20 runs with the same hope of something is going to happen. So we are still there believing we made sure till the last run is scored, we are still out there and making sure they work hard for it," the 29-year-old player added.
The second Test between England and India will take place in Birmingham starting on July 2.
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