Rohit Sharma, the Indian captain, broke his silence on the move behind Shubman Gill, who batted at number three in Test cricket. Gill opens mainly in ODI and T20I cricket but has been batting at three since Yashasvi Jaiswal’s arrival in the team.
The pairing of Jaiswal and Rohit has also helped the team management maintain the left-right combination. However, Gill’s batting at number three has worked against him. He has not scored above fifty in his last nine Test innings and his highest score was 29 in this period.
Talking about Gill batting at number three in Tests, Rohit Sharma said that Shubman Gill has the batting intelligence to regain his form at number three in Test cricket. He has just 73 runs in five innings at the position at a dismal average of 18.25, with a highest score of just 29*.
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Shubman Gill understands his batting very well: Rohit Sharma
“Gill is smart and understands his batting quite well,” Rohit said. “He prefers that number. He has batted in the Ranji Trophy with that number in that position. He opened in Test and limited overs games, but number 3 was his preference. He feels that he can do well for us batting in that position. It’s individual things about how you think about certain positions,” Rohit said about Gill.
Rohit also shared his personal opinion on opening the batting and batting at number three, saying that a number three batsman often needs to walk towards the crease in case a wicket falls. early.
“There is not much difference (in opening batting at No. 3),” he added. “It takes only 1 ball for a number 3 to come in. And sometimes when an opener gets injured, a number 3 has to come out and open the innings. I don’t see much difference there,” Rohit added.
Despite saying that there is not much difference between opening the batting and batting at three, Rhit said that he personally hated batting at number three.
“I hated batting at number 3 and that’s my opinion. Either you open the batting or you wait a bit to go down the order to bat at number 5 or 6. Since I started opening, from number 3 onwards to number 7, I don’t think it is the right position for anyone,” Rohit said. . .
The entire Indian batting line-up needs to put up a better show with the bat in the second Test against South Africa. The Men in Blue were bowled out for 245 and 131 in the two innings of the first Test that ended well in three days. The defeat pushed India to the sixth position in the points table below Pakistan with a PCT point of 38.89.
The team was also deducted two points from the WTC and was also fined for maintaining excessive and slow speed in the test match. A loss in the second Test will mean another Test series loss on South African soil for team India. They lost 2-1 in 2021.
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