Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting stated that new India Check skipper Shubman Gill should work on his Check batting earlier than the upcoming England tour which gained’t be straightforward contemplating the added stress {that a} Indian staff captaincy brings. Gill was chosen because the skipper for the longest format after Rohit Sharma retired final month. The brand new captain may also need to take care of the absence of veterans Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin who’ve additionally hung up their boots in Checks.
“His white ball type has been extremely good. He’s bought somewhat bit of labor to do, on his Check match batting. And that’s by no means straightforward once you’re a brand new captain, to have to fret about your batting to the diploma that he’s going to need to, it gained’t be straightforward for him,” Ponting instructed PTI on the sidelines of the IPL the place he coached Punjab Kings to the ultimate.
“I truly named him as captain for the Sydney Check match final summer time when Rohit didn’t play that recreation and there was a little bit of an harm cloud over Bumrah, or as that recreation went on, Bumrah truly broke down in that recreation. And look, I don’t know Shubman that nicely. I’ve spoken to him six, eight, 10 instances, perhaps the final couple of years round various things and round batting and round management. He’s carried out an important job with GT (Gujarat Titans), little question about that. However he simply appeared the form of man that the additional accountability wouldn’t faze an excessive amount of. It looks like he’s bought a very stage head on his shoulders. He’s somebody that’s going to be round in Indian cricket for an additional 10 years, Ponting added.
Ponting additionally stated that Gill has to keep in mind the psychological aspect of batting in Checks.
“…it’s a bit each, there’s a number of the nice Check gamers that haven’t had nice defensive video games, (Virender) Sehwag might be an important instance of that. However in the event you’re accountable for your stroke-play, you don’t have to fret an excessive amount of about your defence. I imply, clearly it’s (defence) an enormous a part of Check match cricket, however I feel it’s extra his psychological utility,” he defined.
“(However) I feel typically you would possibly simply get somewhat bit both forward of himself or somewhat bit lazy in the midst of a check match innings. You’ll be able to’t afford to try this. You’ve bought to be 100 per cent dedicated to each ball that you simply face by way of six or seven hours of every single day… I feel that’s the problem for Shubman…,” he added.