Legendary Sunil Gavaskar has requested Shubman Gill to curb his aggressive intentions whereas batting in Tests. File photograph
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Legendary Sunil Gavaskar has requested Shubman Gill to curb his aggressive intentions whereas batting in Tests after the younger batsman failed to provide a considerable outing in the primary Test towards South Africa at Centurion.
Gill made two and 26 on the SuperSport Park and fell to pacers Nandre Burger and Marco Jansen in the primary and second innings respectively as India misplaced the opening Test by an innings and 32 runs.
Gavaskar suggested Gill to take in the totally different wants of Test cricket as in comparison with white ball codecs.
“I think he is playing a bit too aggressively in Test cricket. There is a slight difference when you play Test cricket when compared to T20I and ODI cricket. The difference is in the ball.
“The pink ball strikes a little bit greater than the white ball in the air and off the pitch as properly. It bounces a little bit extra too. He ought to maintain that in thoughts,” Gavaskar advised Star Sports.
While Gill had a superb run in the restricted over variations, he has managed to attain just one fifty-plus rating in the normal format in 10 innings in 2023, 100 towards Australia at house in March.
His 9 different outings produced scores of: 21, 5, 13, 18, 6, 10, 29 not out, 2, 26.
Gavaskar hoped that Gill would discover his vary before later.
“Shubman Gill began off his profession so properly and we praised his photographs. We can solely hope that he will get again into his kind. Hope he trains tougher and does properly in the longer term,” stated Gavaskar.
India will likely be aiming to sq. the collection in the second and closing Test towards South Africa at Cape Town, ranging from January 3.
