India, May 21 -- It cannot be said with certainty what India's current selection committee of Ajit Agarkar (chief selector), Subroto Banerjee, Shiv Sundar Das, Sridharan Sharath and, Ajay Ratra are thinking about India's next Test captain but if multiple reports are to be believed then Shubman Gill is on the top of their minds. That is exactly the opposite of the thought process of the MSK Prasad-led former selection committee.

The majority of Prasad's selection committee, which saw the glory days of India's test unit abroad, backed Jasprit Bumrah to take over the reins of India's Test side from Rohit Sharma, who retired from red-ball cricket earlier this month. Apart from former chief selector Prasad, the other members of the selection ...