“Keep That In Mind…”: Sunil Gavaskar’s Suggestion For “Too Aggressive” Shubman Gill | Cricket News

India have been outplayed in each batting and bowling division as South Africa received the primary Test by an innings and 32 runs in Centurion final week. While the guests put up 245 runs on the board within the first innings, South Africa, led by Dean Elgar’s 185, piled up 408 runs on the board. In the second innings, India collapsed to 131, succombing to an innings defeat. While KL Rahul hit a century within the first innings, Virat Kohli top-scored with a gutsy 76. Openers Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal did not impress in each the innings, whereas Shubman Gill’s struggles as India’s new no. 3 in Tests continued.

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar feels Gill is being “too aggressive” in Test cricket.

“I think he is playing a bit too aggressively in Test cricket. There is a slight difference when you play Test cricket vs T20I and ODI cricket. The difference is in the ball. The red ball moves a little more than the white ball in the air and off the pitch as well. It bounces a little more too. He should keep that in mind,” Gavaskar mentioned on Star Sports.

However, Gavaskar is hopeful that the younger batter will work on his sport and get higher in pink ball cricket.

“Shubman Gill started off his career so well and we praised his shots. We can only hope that he gets back into his form. Hope he trains harder and does well in the future,” he added.

While Gill had a high-quality run within the restricted over variations, he has managed to attain just one fifty-plus rating within the conventional format in 10 innings in 2023, 100 in opposition to Australia at dwelling in March.

His 9 different outings produced scores of: 21, 5, 13, 18, 6, 10, 29 not out, 2, 26.

India might be aiming to sq. the sequence within the second and last Test in opposition to South Africa at Cape Town, ranging from January 3.

(With PTI Inputs)