Gill aims to excel across formats, and win ICC titles

Being an all-format player in international cricket can be mentally and physically draining, given the near-packed calendar.

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India’s Test captain Shubman Gill, recently handed the charge of the ODI side and in line to succeed Suryakumar Yadav in the T20Is, acknowledges the mental demands of such a workload but is ready to embrace the challenge to achieve his ambitions across all three formats.

“Physically, most of the time, Ifeel fine, but sometimes, yes, there is mental fatigue, because when you are constantly playing, there is obviously a certain expectation that Ihave from myself, and to be able to keep up with my own expectations sometimes becomes the challenge,” Gill said on the eve of the second Test against West Indies here, in his first press conference since being appointed India's ODI captain.

“But I think that's the challenge, tobeableto play all the formats for India, and I want to play all the formats and succeed in all the formats for the country, and win ICC titles.

So, if I want to do that, then this is the challenge I have to go through,” he added.