Gautam Gambhir, Jasprit Bumrah cant keep calm after Shubman Gill ends record tosslosing streak as India captain

India head coach Gautam Gambhir, pacer Jasprit Bumrah and vice-captain Ravindra Jadeja could not keep calm as Shubman Gill won his first toss as India captain.

Shubman Gills life has been on a fast track ever since he was named Indias Test captain before the England tour. In the absence of legendary cricketers Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin and former captain Rohit Sharma, Gill put on a grand show as batter and captain to return with a 2-2 draw on English soil. A couple of months later, he won his maiden home Test inside two and a half days as India beat the West Indies. Among all the good things in his captaincy tenure so far, the only blob was the toss. Gill had lost all six of his tosses but that too changed in the second Test against the Windies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.

Shubman Gill won the first toss as India captain in his seventh attempt -- this is the longest any Indian captain has taken to win a toss in Test cricket and joint-second overall -- and had a huge smile on his face while letting former India cricketer-turned broadcaster Murali Kartik know of his decision to bat first.

Gill winning his first toss was an event, even in the Indian team, and the way head coach Gautam Gambhir, pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, vice-captain Ravindra Jadeja and all-rounder Axar Patel celebrated it was evident. Gambhir, Bumrah, and Jadeja could not control their excitement as they burst into laughter while congratulating Gill, who sported a broad smile.

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