Former Indian cricketer Deep Dasgupta is confident of Shubman Gill scoring runs in the World Test Championship (WTC) Final supposed to be held later this year.
A 21-year-old Shubman Gill made his Test debut at the MCG against Australia. He scored 259 runs in 3 matches at an average of 51.80 and fell prey to Pat Cummins’ outswinger more often than not.
In adjusting his technique to the ball moving away, he gave England the chance to bowl him inswingers in his second Test series. Gill was then targeted with the inswingers and was able to score just 119 runs in 7 innings at an average of 19.83 against England.
Deep Dasgupta told Sports Today, “I think Shubman Gill will figure it out. In Australia, in the first series, he started getting out to Pat Cummins against away-going deliveries. He started coming across to counter the swing. In the England series, the English seamers bowled in-swing and he has been in trouble, facing inswingers.”
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“He has got out LBW, bowled to the balls coming in. As a youngster, you have made adjustments to counter certain kinds of deliveries. Those adjustments have worked against you in a different series,” he added.
The 43-year-old believes that all this is a part of the learning curve for somebody as young as Gill. The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) opener also has a complete IPL 2021 season ahead of him before the WTC Final in England. He will make those adjustments and find ways to score by then, according to Dasgupta.
He said, “These are all part of the learning curve for someone as young as Shubman Gill. I am sure he has learnt his lessons. I am sure he will be back, scoring runs at the WTC final. He should be ready.”
“There is a lot of cricket he will play before the WTC, he will play the IPL and hopefully score runs in the IPL. I am sure he will be back. These are part of a cricketer's life, ups, and downs. He should be fine, he will learn from his mistakes,” Dasgupta concluded.
WTC Final is scheduled to be played by India and New Zealand in Southampton from June 18.
