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Shubman Gill regained his form in the ongoing Test series with a century in Vizag and a 91-run knock in Rajkot. Earlier, Gill had struggled at no.3 in the red-ball format after giving up the opening spot for Yashasvi Jaiswal who smashed two consecutive double centuries against England. The top-order batter revealed that the no.3 spot is not new to him and he has done it earlier in domestic cricket and for India A.
"I have batted at No. 3 and No. 4 for India A and in some Ranji Trophy matches, and as such, it was not something that I have never done in my life. There are not many technical changes that I had to make to my game,” Gill told the reporters in Ranchi ahead of the fourth Test.
"But it is different when you open the innings because you don't get that much time to think as you are going right in after the toss. You are the one who is setting the tone."
Gill adapting to match situation
Gill also revealed that batting at this position made him alter his game according to the situation.
"But when you bat at three or four, there is a certain situation that you have to bat at. If a couple of wickets have fallen early, then you are setting the stage. When you are opening then you are dictating the terms, but in the middle-order you will be playing according to the situations," the 24-year-old said.
How Gill’s two knocks were different
Gill cited examples of his different approaches in the Vizag Test when India were desperate for a partnership and in Rajkot where Jaiswal was dominating from the other end.
"I would not have played any differently even if I was feeling any calm or composed (in Vizag). But definitely, what I was feeling at Vizag was a bit different from what I was feeling in the earlier matches for India (in terms of the match situation),” he explained.
"But in Rajkot, the situation was different, we were in a very good position, leading by some 300 runs. So, keeping that in mind, it was a much calmer and composed innings," he added.
Gill is the fourth-highest scorer of the series with 252 runs from six innings at an average of 42 including a century and a half-century. He missed out on a chance to score a century as he got run out in the Rajkot Test after a mix-up with Kuldeep Yadav.
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