Shubman Gill has scores of 31, 28 and 1 in BGT 2024 series.
Former India wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik believes Shubman Gill has a significant technical weakness in his batting.
Commenting on Shubman's poor performance away from home, Karthik stated that Gill is unsure about his approach to batting in India versus batting in foreign settings.
Gill's home and away batting form has contrasted dramatically since his epic Gabba performance in 2021 when he scored 91 runs. Gill has scored 1177 runs in 31 innings at home, but just 424 runs in 20 innings away from home.
As per Karthik, Shubman Gill’s trigger of getting on the front foot and pushing at the ball hard has brought his downfall away from home. Karthik stated that Shubman must find a way to balance his methods when playing in conditions such as South Africa, Australia, and England.
"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.
"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 hand 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, and 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 on Gill’s flaw.
Shubman Gill has been around for a very long time, so it was unacceptable for him to go while playing regular shots, Karthik said in closing. At the Gabba, Gill was dismissed while attempting to drive a ball with his front foot.
"For a No.3 batsman who has been around for so long, Shubman Gill has played a very, very ordinary shot, there are no mincing words here. And let's be honest here, that the Indian batting, as a group, have not fired here for some time now, and with every passing innings, they are putting pressure on themselves," Karthik concluded.
MCG Test will be crucial for Shubman Gill, it’s the place where he made his debut for India in the 2020-21 Test series.