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Former India wicketkeeper batter Dinesh Karthik reckons that Shubman Gill has a slight technical error in his batting. Gill who missed the first Test match because of a thumb fracture has failed to perform in his two Test outings against Australia the young India batter just scored 60 runs in three innings. Karthik said that Gill is confused about his approach to batting in India vs batting in overseas conditions.
Karthik said that Gill's trigger of getting on the front foot and pushing at the ball hard has brought his downfall away from home and has resulted in a terrible average of 22.31 - since the Gabba Test match in 2021.
"I think Shubman Gill definitely has a slight technical error, which is pushing at the ball. When you play a lot of white ball cricket, you tend to do that. Travis Head does that as well, but what he has found is the method of doing that, and I think that players like Shubman Gill are caught in the trap of the way they bat in India and the way they bat outside," Dinesh Karthik said on Cricbuzz.
Karthik further said that Gill is playing like he would play in India. He suggested the young India batter to start with the mindset of leaving the ball because in Australia playing off the front foot is a little difficult.
"Which is, the moment you see the ball released from the bowler, your mind tells you that this is a full ball you need to go at it. Batsmen who travel abroad to places like Australia, England and South Africa tune themselves in practice when they see a fuller ball like that, especially against a new ball - A) they play with slightly soft hands, or B) they try and focus on playing the ball as close to the body or leave. Shubman Gill is playing like he would play in India, where he sees the release, goes for the ball with hard hands. Now in Australia, sometimes, in places like the Gabba, playing off the front foot is a little difficult. So at the start of the innings, you have to tell yourself that, I have to leave," Karthik pointed out Shubman Gill's critical flaw in his batting.
Gill is currently in Melbourne practising for the upcoming fourth Test match against Australia which is scheduled to start from December 26 at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne. With the series levelled at 1-1 the ongoing fourth Test match of the series will be important for both teams to seal their spot in the World Test Championship (WTC) Final which is scheduled to take place in England next year.
