Moeen Ali feels that absence of THESE two players will be huge boost for England

The absence of Indian batting stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from the Test series in England will give a ldquomassive boostrdquo to the hosts said former England allrounder Moeen Ali adding that Shubman Gill would be the likely choice to lead the side for the gruelling fivematch tour commencingnext monthRohit and Kohli recently announced their Test retirements leaving India without two of their most experienced players for the series which is also the beginning of the 20252027 World Test Championship cycleThe series will begin with the opening Test at Headingley from June 20Also ReadWas he dropped or is it a personal decision Kapil Dev on Virat Kohlis Test retirementldquoDefinitely I think this Rohit and Kohlirsquos retirement is a massive boost for England Two top players whorsquove been to England a few times on tour so they have the experience I remember Rohit playing really well the last time they were in England The character they have the leaders they are both of them have captained India in Test cricket so yeah a massive loss for the teamrdquo the former allrounder who retired from international cricket last year but continues to play in domestic T20 leagues including the IPL told Sky SportsMoeen who played 68 Tests scoring more than 3000 runs and taking 200plus wickets with his offspin added that Gill would be a ldquovery goodrdquo choice to leadIndia despite his inexperience of captaining in the longest format Gill who has emerged as the frontrunner to lead India after Rohitrsquos retirement has never captained India in Tests or ODIs ldquoI think it will be Shubman GillIdeally they BCCI would want Jasprit Bumrah to captain because hersquos a very good captain a good leader who has done it before But because of his injury record he might not be a able to last the whole series I think theyrsquoll give it captaincy to somebody whorsquos done decently so far in Tests Gill leads Gujarat Titans in IPL so theyrsquove still got a very good captain Inexperienced yes but a good captain and good brain But itrsquoll be a challenge in England conditionsrdquo Moeen opinedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params