File photograph of Shubman Gill.© AFP
Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has raised issues over younger India batter Shubman Gill’s type in Test cricket. Pietersen, who masterminded England’s final Test sequence win in India, urged head coach Rahul Dravid to take Gill underneath his wing. The 43-year-old acknowledged Gill’s expertise, however feels that the teenager nonetheless must work on his recreation. He made the feedback after Gill performed a rash shot to get out on Day 2 of the continued Test towards England.
Citing his personal expertise with Gill, Pietersen gave invaluable inputs to the Indian staff administration for Gill’s improvement.
“Shubman Gill has somebody in the dressing room now who changed my game, Rahul Dravid. So I would say to Rahul Dravid and I don’t know how much of the broadcast he watches, please go and spend time with Gill and do the same stuff that he talked to me about. Go and get him hitting the ball through the offside. Practicing, picking links better, rotating strikes, doing things that will make him a better player because he has a quality player in Shubman Gill in his dressing room,” Pietersen stated on Sports 18.
Pietersen feels Gills struggles to rotate strike, particularly towards the spinners, one thing which he can add to the sport if Dravid takes him underneath his wing.
“And I’m not disappointed in the way that he got out. I’m just disappointed in the fact that he hasn’t got that ability yet, but he’s still a kid. Give him that ability. Give him that structure, and play the attacking shots that he has got in his armoury. We’ve seen some of those beautiful innings, but if he rotates strike and he learns from Rahul Dravid, who needs to just take him under his wing and say, young man, this is how you do it, the world is his oyster,” he added.
Gill, who resumed from his in a single day rating of 14, received himself caught at mid-wicket on 23 after enjoying a rash shot towards the flip. He performed 66 deliveries and hit simply two boundaries
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