Jos Buttler, who played under Shubman Gill's captaincy at Gujarat Titans (GT), backed the star Indian cricketer to succeed in the role when he leads the national team in Test cricket for the first time during the upcoming five-match Test series against England starting from June 20 at the Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds. G

Buttler lavished praise on Gill after having a successful season under him for the Titans as the team reached the playoffs and were top of the table for most of the seasons. The former England captain went into detail about Gill's captaincy and called his style a mix of what Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma brought from a leadership point of view.

"He's a really impressive player and an impressive young man. He's pretty calm and measured when he speaks, but [it's] interesting, I feel like on the field he's got a bit of fight about him; a bit of intensity, quite passionate. I think he'll be a mix of Kohli and Rohit.

"Kohli [was] that sort of real aggressive [character], really transformed the Indian team, in your face, up for the contest. Rohit [was] a bit on the other side, a bit more laid back, very cool, calm, collected customer, but with that sort of fight. I feel like, from my time knowing Shubman so far, he'll be a bit in the middle. He's obviously learned from those two guys… but he'll be very much his own man," said Buttler on the For The Love Of Cricket Podcast with Stuart Broad.

Shubman Gill - Most Influential Person In India?

Buttler also revealed that Gill was able to ensure his batting is not affected by him being the captain of the side and saw the two roles as a different jobs. Buttler further pointed out that Gill will now be among the third or fourth most influential person in India behind the Prime Minister.

"He talked about compartmentalising batting and captaining; so when he's batting he just wants to be a batter, and then he will try and work on his captaincy and try and separate the two roles," Butler said. "When you're doing such a big job as being captain of the Indian cricket team, he'll have to try and do that well and have some good people supporting him.

"I don't think we can quite understand the level of interest and the stardom that these guys have. You see it around the IPL, you're aware of it, but actually living that yourself… I think they say the Indian Test captain is like the third or fourth-most influential person in India, behind the Prime Minister etc. - so you really are put up on that pedestal.

"It's going to be a huge job for him. He's obviously captained two seasons of IPL cricket, which is a big, pressurised job and he's sort of the prince. Kohli is the king, Shubman is the prince: that's the narrative that they spin out there, and I feel that he's the coming man… Stepping into that No. 4, it's big shoes, isn't it? Coming behind Virat, and Sachin Tendulkar before that as well. That's obviously a huge role, Buttler added.

For those unversed, Gill is set to become India's fifth youngest Test captain in history. He was named as Rohit Sharma's replacement in the top job last month following the ex-captain's retirement from the longest format.

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