Shubman Gill was brutally exposed ahead of the 4th Test of the IND vs AUS Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Shubman Gill He has struggled to make an impact on the Australia tour so far as he has failed to convert his good starts into big scores and the story is the same in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.

Reacting to Gill’s struggles, Dinesh Karthik believes that “technical deficiency” and the effect of playing too much white-ball cricket are the reasons for the Indian player’s failures in Australia.

Dinesh Karthik Shubman identifies the reason behind Gill’s batting struggles

Former Indian wicketkeeper Shubman pointed out that Gill’s penchant for pushing the ball was evident, especially in his recent performances in the ongoing five-match Test in Test cricket. series between India and Australia.

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The right-handed batsman managed just 60 runs in three overs in the first two Tests of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. He missed the first match in Perth with a broken thumb and then managed 31 and 28 in the pink-ball Test in Adelaide before being dismissed for just 1 in the Test at the Gabba, Brisbane.

Ahead of the Boxing Day Test, Karthik pointed out that when players focus too much on white-ball cricket, they develop a habit of pushing the ball, which doesn’t work in Test cricket, and that’s why Shubman Gill struggled. Making runs on Australian soil.

Shubman Gill has a minor technical foul: Dinesh Karthik

Dinesh Karthik said on Cricbuzz: “I think Shubman Gill definitely made a small technical mistake pushing the ball. When you play a lot of white ball cricket, you tend to do that (push the ball). Even Travis Head does that, but what he found was to do it method and I think players like Shubman get trapped in the same way they bat in India and bat outside.”

Batsmen in places like Australia, England and South Africa have to adapt by playing with soft hands and concentrating on playing the ball close to their body or leaving it completely, but in India Gill’s instinct is to play aggressively and lay on the ball. , and that’s how he plays Down Under and loses his wicket, so he needs to change his mindset and approach.

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Karthik further explained, “The moment you see the ball being released by the bowler, your mind tells you that it is a full ball and you have to go for it. Batsmen who travel overseas to places like Australia, England and South Africa, especially when they see a fuller ball against a new ball, train themselves to either A) play with slightly softer hands or B) try to focus on playing. the ball being close to the body or leaving it.

Shubman Gill plays like he would in India, where he sees a release and goes to the ball with hard hands. So at the beginning of the innings, he will have to say to himself, ‘I have to go’.”

Dinesh Karthik criticizes India’s batting in BGT 2024-25

In conclusion, the cricket pundit pointed out that Shubman Gill has played very ordinary innings so far in the Test series despite hitting the all-important number three. He also said that in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, the Indian batsmen are yet to fire and are putting pressure on themselves with every passing innings.