Even though Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have received much flak for their poor performances in the IND vs AUS series, somehow Shubman Gill hasn’t been talked about enough, for his failures.. In the three innings on the tour so far, Shubman has returned with scores of 31, 28, and 1. And ex-India keeper Dinesh Karthik feels, the time has come for him, to adjust his technical flaw.
Shubman Gill’s Technical Flaw
“I think Shubman Gill definitely has a slight technical error, which is pushing at the ball. When you play a lot of white ball cricket, you tend to do that. Travis Head does that as well, but what he has found is the method of doing that, and I think that players like Shubman Gill are caught in the trap of the way they bat in India and the way they bat outside,” Dinesh Karthik said on Cricbuzz.
“Which is, the moment you see the ball released from the bowler, your mind tells you that this is a full ball you need to go at it. Batsmen who travel abroad to places like Australia, England and South Africa tune themselves in practice when they see a fuller ball like that, especially against a new ball – A) they play with slightly soft hands, or B) they try and focus on playing the ball as close to the body or leave. Shubman Gill is playing like he would play in India, where he sees the release, goes for the ball with hard hands. Now in Australia, sometimes, in places like the Gabba, playing off the front foot is a little difficult. So at the start of the innings, you have to tell yourself that, I have to leave,” Karthik added.
Gill Needs to Fire in IND vs AUS, 4th Test
Karthik went on to criticise Shubman even further. “For a No.3 batsman who has been around for so long, Shubman Gill has played a very, very ordinary shot, there are no mincing words here. And let’s be honest here, that the Indian batting, as a group, have not fired here for some time now, and with every passing innings, they are putting pressure on themselves,” Karthik concluded.
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