Key Points
With the Indian cricket team conceding a mammoth innings-and-32-run defeat against South Africa in the first Test of the two-match series in Centurion earlier, former cricketers and experts raised questions on the opening batting lineup..
Not only did skipper Rohit Sharma fail to make a mark on his India comeback (5 and 0 in two innings), but even youngster Shubman Gill batting at no.3 struggled to produce a substantial outing in the first Test..
Unimpressed with Gill's batting, legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar advised Gill to take in the different needs of Test cricket as compared to white-ball formats..
Looking at Gill's performance in 2023, he had a fine run in the limited-over versions and managed to score only one fifty-plus score in the traditional format in 10 innings in 2023, a hundred against Australia at home in March..
Analyzing Gill's dismissal in the second innings by Jansen, Gavaskar via Sportskeeda said, "The length was very good, it was a fuller length, but Shubman Gill probably made just one mistake..
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