"Wasn't Trying To...": Ex India Star Rips Into Shubman Gill After Hyderabad Test Loss

29.01.2024 - 06:41 sports.ndtv.com

Former India wicketkeeper-batter Parthiv Patel has raised concerns over youngster Shubman Gill's batting approach in the first Test of a five-match series against England in Hyderabad.

Gill scored just 23 runs across two innings in the first Test as England defeated India by 28 runs on Sunday, December 28. Chasing a target of 231, India were bowled out for 202 on an extended final session on Day 4.

Patel criticised Gill's approach in Hyderabad, saying that he was not trying to play shots at all. "The way Shubman Gill was batting, especially the approach we saw in the first innings, he wasn't trying to play shots at all.

If you don't try to score runs, international-level bowlers won't give you too many loose deliveries," Patel said on Colors Cineplex.

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