India, May 25 -- Batting great Sunil Gavaskar has told India's newly-appointed Test skipper Shubman Gill to command the players' respect. The 25-year-old has been elevated to the big captaincy role in the red-ball team despite the absence of senior players like KL Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah in the side. After Rohit Sharma's retirement from the format, the selectors had a tough task to find his successor, but they had clarity in terms of choosing the next leader, as Ajit Agarkar explained his reasons for picking young Gill over Rahul and Bumrah.

Shubman has led his IPL franchise, Gujarat Titans, to the playoffs this season and also led the Indian team in T20Is last year on the Zimbabwe tour. However, he has no experience captaining in the T...