Whose attention did Shubman Gill attract?
Shubman Gill India vs England: Shubhman Gill. He is currently one of the best young players in the world. He plays all three formats for India. He is also referred to as Virat Kohli's successor. But these days it seems someone has caught his attention. No runs come from his bat. Especially since he finished third in the Tests, his bat has become stale. What's special is that he hasn't been able to get a single third-place Test result in half a century.
Shubman Gill played an innings of 23 runs against England
In the first Test match between India and England in Hyderabad, Shubman Gill finished third after Rohit Sharma was sent off. When Shubman came to bat, the conditions were favorable as Yashasvi Jaiswal batted explosively. Shubman Gill had a chance to play a big innings. He finished the first day undefeated, but on the second day he couldn't avoid elimination. He scored 23 runs off 66 balls. This only included two foursomes. His strike rate in this innings was just 34.85.
Gill has batted at third in as many innings so far
So far in his career, Shubman has managed to score just 189 runs while batting at number three in Tests. In 2021, he came to bat at number three for the first time. Then Cheteshwar Pujara opened and Shubman Gill came in at third. In this match he scored 47 runs with his bat. Then he opened it further. But when the Indian team went on the West Indies tour, Cheteshwar Pujara was not included in Team India and young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal got the chance.
Gill himself had expressed his desire to play at number three
Yashasvi Jaiswal was a candidate for the opening. Third place was vacant, so Gill himself expressed his wish to play in third place, which was also accepted by the team management. Gill came to third but his bat stopped producing runs. Against West Indies, he scored 6 runs in the first innings and 10 runs in the second. In the second game of the same series, Shubman scored 10 and 29 points. After that, Team India went to South Africa and there too Shubman got a chance to play at number three. He scored 2 and 26 runs in the first two innings of the first Test. After that, he could only score 36 and ten runs in the second Test.
Shubman Gill doesn't like number three
Shubman Gill has now been eliminated from the game against England with little effort. While playing in India. Leaving aside 2021, he batted at number three for the first time in India. But they couldn't take advantage of it. That is, the statistics show that his highest score in the Test at third place is 47 runs. That is, apart from a century with his bat, he has not even reached half a century. As for number three, we already told you that he only has 189 runs to his name. Here his average is only 23.62. It can be concluded that Shubman Gill does not like the number three position. His bat is expected to score runs in this series so he can give a befitting reply to his critics.
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