India, Feb. 6 -- Certain Hindi proverbs are extremely hard to translate. And when they are, the essence is somewhat lost. "Lambi race ka ghoda" is one of them. Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar did his best to translate that and explain why he thinks Shubman Gill is a "Lambi race ka ghoda" for Indian cricket after the opener, playing his first match as the designated vice-captain of the Indian ODI team, played a sublime knock to help India win the series opener against England in Nagpur.

"We had a term in the team 'Lambi race ka Ghoda' for certain players. Meaning someone who will be around for a long time in Indian cricket. That's what Shubman Gill is!" Manjrekar wrote on X.

Gill, who dropped down to No.3 as India handed debut to Ya...