Shubman Gill's "One Mistake...": Sunil Gavaskar's Blunt Take On Youngster's Show vs South Africa

30.12.2023 - 12:26 sports.ndtv.com

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar analysed Shubman Gill's second innings dismissal during the first Test against South Africa.

India suffered an embarrassing innings and 32-run defeat at the hands of the Proteas in the one-sided game in Centurion. In his first innings, an unlucky Gill fell for 2 off 12 balls after brushing a ball with his glove down the leg side on the bowling of Nandre Burger.

Gill was looking solid at the crease in his second innings, having scored 26 runs at a strike rate of over 70, but a superb yorker from Marco Jansen sent him packing.

Left-arm pacer Jansen bowled around the wicket at a good pace and the ball burst under the bat of Gill to rattle the middle stump. "The length was very good, it was a fuller length, but Shubman Gill probably made just one mistake.

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India's tour of South Africa left a bitter-sweet taste in the mouths of Indian players. The 1-1 draw was satisfactory but the performance of Indian batters on tricky pitches left a lot to be desired. One batter who particularly underperformed was Shreyas Iyer, scoring just 41 runs in 4 innings at an average of 13.67. However, India legend Sunil Gavaskar doesn't think the selectors will look too much into Iyer's performance as he wasn't the only batter who failed in the 2-match series.

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