Sachin Tendulkar gives advise to India's new Test skipper Shubman Gill, says 'don't worry about the outside world'

Sachin Tendulkar and James Anderson pose alongside the new Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy
New Delhi: Indian cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar has been extremely confident about the young Team India that has flown to England to play an eagerly-awaited five-match Test series against host England, which will kick off this Friday at Headingley in Leeds. He believes in the potential of his squad much like he also once believed 23 years ago when he made a brilliant 193 in the overwhelming India innings and 46-run victory over Nasser Hussain led England, at the same ground in which current Indian squad will now face Ben Stokes and his squad.
Sachin Tendulkar in an interview given to mid-day rubbished speculations made by some detractors that the present Indian team is inexperienced. He added that the Indian cricket has a rich heritage of developing and moving through new groups, and this team is not going to be any different in this respect.
Sachin Tendulkar has provided a piece of advice to the new captain of the Indian Test team, Shubman Gill, and assures him that he should not be afraid to take a risk and do anything bold because of the opinion of other people.
'It's a new phase in his life. He looked comfortable when I saw him in the IPL [leading Gujarat Titans]. Under his leadership, this is a great opportunity for this team. They can write a nice, new chapter in Indian cricket, which people, years down the line, will remember. It will be nice to look back and say, this was a good phase of Indian cricket.' said Sachin Tendulkar.

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