Young batting sensation Shubman Gill has made an honest admission that he has not been able to live up to expectations in Test cricket and is raring to make an impact in the coming Test season for India. Shubman started his career as an opener in red-ball cricket at MCG against Australia in 2020, but last year, he asked the team management to bat at the number 3 position, where Cheteshwar Pujara used to bat. However, the move didn’t work out well for him in the start, but things started clicking for them earlier this year during the Test series against England, where he scored 452 runs in 5 Tests, which included two centuries.
“In Test cricket, my performance has not matched my expectations so far. But we are going to play 10 Test matches this season, and when I look back after those 10 Tests, hopefully, my expectations will be matched,” Gill told PTI ahead of the Duleep Trophy.
Gill will lead Team A in the Duleep Trophy as the BCCI has decided to elevate him in the leadership group. He has already been appointed the vice-captain of Indian team in white-ball formats.
The 24-year-old talented batter has claimed that he has worked on his defence to tackle the spinners considering the spin-friendly conditions in India.
“I worked on my defence a little bit more against spinners. You should be able to defend a lot more when you are playing on a turning track against spinners, then you can play the scoring shots,” Gill said.
“With more T20s being played…I won’t say on flat tracks but on batting-friendly tracks, I think it takes away a little bit of your defensive game. So, that was my focus in the England series,” he added.
