Following the 3-1 defeat against Australia in the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar series, massive cracks have started to appear within the Indian team which looked non-existent before. Head coach Gautam Gambhir and the team management are expected to take some tough calls on the team in the coming future.
Senior players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli came under a lot of criticism following the conclusion of the Australia tour, however many fingers were also pointed towards the younger stars. One such star is batter Shubman Gill, who had a dismal Border-Gavaskar series and failed to impress at all.
In the 3 Tests that Gill played in Australia during the 5-match series, he could only muster 93 runs from 5 innings at an average of 18.60. These numbers don’t do justice to his potential.
Seeing these poor performances, former India star Subramaniam Badrinath went on to claim that Gill would have been dropped already if he hailed from South India.
“If Shubman Gill was named perhaps, let’s take my father’s name, as Subramaniam, then he would have been dropped. This is difficult for me to watch again (Gill’s wicket) because he really has not lived up to his expectations,” Badrinath said on Star Sports Tamil.
“There’s nothing wrong with losing your wicket, you can get runs or you can’t sometimes, but there should be some intent, there should be some attitude,” Badrinath said. “I want you to play to tire the bowlers, I want you to make the ball old. If nothing else, at least help out your teammate who’s coming in after you to bat but standing at the crease with him, even if you can’t score runs. Play 50 balls, 100 balls, just make sure the ball gets worn out and old. These are the contributions you make for a team,” Badrinath added.
“You can’t go in and say ‘This is my game, this I how I play, this is how I bat’ and just play aesthetically pleasing cricket but not produce (runs). That’s not cricket. It’s about knowing whatever you can do and trying to do that in the moment. I just did not see any of that in Shubman Gill through the series this time,” Badrinath further added.
Badrinath also slammed Gill for his fielding and questioned about his contribution towards the Indian team.
“He (Gill) was poor even on the field, as someone who can’t stand at slips or point, nor is he exceptional at silly point as well. So, what does he contribute to the team? This is the question that keeps running in my mind about Gill,” Badrinath said.
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