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Shubman Gill not a No.3 batter: Ex-India selector before 2nd Test vs England..
Former India cricketers Sarandeep Singh and Wasim Jaffer feel India captain Rohit Sharma should demote himself to No.3 and allow Shubman Gill to open the batting in the second Test against England in Visakhapatnam, starting Friday..
Gill requested the team management to slide down the order after Cheteshwar Pujara was dropped following the World Test Championship final against Australia last year..
With India missing the services of Virat Kohli and KL Rahul for the second Test, there is no immediate threat to Gill's spot in the XI but experts believe there is definitely a need to rethink the batting order..
Even though Gill has batted at that number in first-class cricket for Punjab, former India selector Sarandeep said Gill is not the ideal No.3 batter in Test cricket..
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