Former India cricketer turned commentator, Sunil Gavaskar, is disappointed with the team management for dropping Shubman Gill in the ongoing fourth Test against Australia. Notably, India left out Gill to bring in all-rounder Washington Sundar in the playing XI for Melbourne. Moreover, Gill would’ve had to bat at number five or six in the batting order as Rohit decided to promote himself to open and pushed KL Rahul at number 3.
However, the move didn’t work well as the India captain once again failed with the bat, scoring just 3 as he skied a pull shot straight to Pat Cummins at mid-wicket. On the other hand, Rahul was dismissed for 24 on the brink of tea. Commenting on India’s playing XI, Gavaskar said that he was left baffled as Gill was dropped as India hadn’t done well with the bat in the series so far. He further said that the selections left the team handicapped.
“No, it hasn't worked for India because I think the decision for you to drop Shubman Gill when you're batting has let you down and you go into a test match with just 5 regular batters. With due respect to Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar and Nitish Reddy, they are all-rounders, but when your batting is not producing the runs then you go in with 6 batters and then you include the all-rounders, that didn't happen. So already you are handicapped, and if you were to include an extra bowler in place of a batter, that bowler, we didn't see the bowler,” Gavaskar told in an exclusive conversation with India Today.
Further speaking ahead, the legendary batter said that just to accommodate Rohit at the top of the order the entire balance of the team got upset. He also mentioned how the next three innings could well decide Rohit Sharma’s future in the Indian Test team.
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“So, I think that the whole selection was not correct from the beginning and now we're seeing the result of that. So basically, trying to accommodate one person, what has happened is the whole balance of the team has got upset. Uncertain, and the next 3 innings will probably decide what the future is, so clearly I think the next 3 innings, he's got to get big scores, big hundreds, if he wants to stay around in the Indian team,” he added. Read More
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