Former Indian cricketer Wasim Jaffer warns Shubman Gill who struggles to make a consistent performance in recent times, particularly on slow pitches.
Wasim Jaffer Warns Shubman Gill
In the ongoing India tour of West Indies 2023, the 23-year-old scored only 45 runs in the two-match Test series. He followed it with 126 runs in three three-match ODI series against the side. In the T20Is, Gill has registered scores of 3, 7 and 6, respectively.
“These West Indies surfaces are like that, you have to wait for it and can’t just keep hitting on the rise which Shubman likes. But one thing he needs to understand that is he is not going to get conditions like Ahmedabad everywhere. So the better he gets used to the other surfaces and adapts to the surfaces, it’s going to do him wonders,” said Jaffer to a media.
Though the batter was the highest run scorer in the recently concluded IPL 2023 failed to maintain his purple patch after that. Gill scored only 31 runs across the two innings in the WTC 2023 final before heading to the West Indies.
The right-handed batter has scored 698 runs at an average of 87.25 in T20s this year in Ahmedabad but managed to score only 410 runs at an average of 27.33 at other venues. Jaffer also feels that Gill has been a bit defensive in his approach
“Jaiswal will bat with aggressive intent and I feel Shubman Gill is being a bit too defensive. If he gets 2-3 good shots straightaway then that could make a huge difference,” Jaffer further stated.
India who currently playing the 5-match T20I series against West Indies needs to win the 4th T20I game to stay alive in the series. After losing the first 2 T20Is, India won the 3rd game and postponed West Indie’s series victory.
The 4th T20I game will be played on August 12 at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida while the last T20I will be played on August 13 at the same venue.
