Star Indian National Cricket team left arm pacer Arshdeep Singh Shubman revealed the difference between the captaincy styles of Gill and Rohit Sharma.
Arshdeep Singh spoke about this after the end of the first Odi match row Between Indian national cricket team and Australian national cricket team on Sunday 19 October at Perth Stadium.
India’s top 3 fail in 1st ODI
The top three of the Indian team – Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli – failed in the first Odi against the Aussies. Former Skipper Rohit Sharma was the first as he was dismissed for 8 runs in the fourth ball of the 4th over.
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Then on the first ball of the 7th over, Virat Kohli was cleared for a duck. Soon after, Shubman Gill followed two Indian legends into the hut as he was dismissed for 10 in the first ball of the 9th over.
Rohit, Gill and Kohli combined for just 18 runs, the lowest combined aggregate in a trio in which all three batted.
It was a disappointing outing from the trio as a lot was expected of them. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are back in international cricket and have been practicing hard in the nets to prepare for the matches.
On the other hand, he had the burden of a captaincy on his shoulders and the team management would hope to see him outnumber Anderson-Tendulkar as their heroes.
Talking about Virat Kohli, he played a wide drive Mitchell Starc and caught by connolly with connolly. With this dismissal, Mitchell Starc became the second bowler to dismiss Virat Kohli for a duck in two overs James Anderson in international cricket. Also, Virat Kohli bagged a duck for the first time in 30 ODI innings in Australia.
They give you the right freedom – Arshdeep Singh in Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill
India suffered a 7-Wicket loss in the Odi series opener as they could only post 136/9 on the Board and have a target of 131 runs to chase down from a side they easily chased down in Australia.
Speaking at the post-match press conference, Arshdeep Singh questioned the difference between Gill and Rohit as captain. He responded by saying that both are very similar and can be labeled as bowler’s captains. He said, as quoted by Revsportz:
“I haven’t played Odis very much so I can’t tell the difference, but both of them are captained by a proper bowler.
We knew we didn’t have many runs but we just wanted to express ourselves – Arshdeep Singh
ArshDeep Singh added that they get a simple message to express themselves to express themselves as they don’t work hard enough on the board. He said:
“We knew we didn’t have a lot of runs but we wanted to express ourselves, that was his message. It’s just the beginning and he’s definitely going to have a good time ahead.”
During an interaction with reporters, Arshdeep Singh also said that he is trying to adapt to whatever format he is playing in the shortest possible time and is also trying to improve himself as a bowler. He said:
“I try to help other fighters as soon as possible and as much as possible.
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