Discussing Shubman Gill, the T20 batsman

[Chakdephatte]

Shubman Gill's in last four IPL matches-

 

57(51) chasing 119

56(44) setting target

29(18) chasing 139

46(46) chasing 139

 

Four consecutive matches where he played exactly how the situation required him to. He looked out of sorts in earlier matches but looks to have discovered his form. Only disappointment is he couldn't didn't stay till the end in any of the matches, although he got out with less than 20 required in the last two matches.

 

I made this thread because someone was comparing his innings last night to that of Dhawan's. That's not just one person but many are unnecessarily critical of his batting in last few matches.

 

If he had failed in any of these matches, KKR would have lost it with their non-existent middle order. Any runs scored in this situation are worth gold. Among all batsmen, only Venkatesh has scored more "pressure runs" than him among all teams. KKR's turnaround in the second half of this IPL is historic and he and Venkatesh are architects of it.

 

Their performance should be talked about more. 

Edited October 15, 2021 by Chakdephatte

[Chakdephatte]

For all those worried about his strike, his peak will arrive anywhere between 26-28 years of his age. He will be unstoppable then, in all the formats. He has the prerequisites for T20s as well.

 

He doesn't have weakness against a particular type of balling, the timing is impeccable, dot ball percentage is on the lower side. Just needs to improve running. Power will come as the muscles develop. He is not playing half-hearted heaves like last year. His ceiling in T20 is higher than Kohli's. Just wait.

 

 

 

 

Edited October 15, 2021 by Chakdephatte

[Jattputt]

Shubman could be India's Babar Azam if he is given a consistent run in the team

[wanted_desi]

Best thing for Shubman would be if Kohli can be gone from Indian cricket sooner than later. 

[wanted_desi]

7 minutes ago, Jattputt said:

Shubman could be India's Babar Azam if he is given a consistent run in the team

 

Babbar can't play those Innings Shubman played in Australia. 

[Jay]

2 hours ago, Jattputt said:

Shubman could be India's Babar Azam if he is given a consistent run in the team

He will be better than kohli at his peak. 

Just wait till ranji season starts again. No domestic games has hampered indian batting talents a little. 

[Jay]

2 hours ago, wanted_desi said:

 

Babbar can't play those Innings Shubman played in Australia. 

Lol yea. Babbar can only dream of playing such innings. 

 

Hell chewt kohli could never do what Gill did. Chewt never helped us win a game in such manner. 

 

Gill set the tone as an opener despite being suited for middle order. 

[Lone Wolf]

Gill needs to learn how to construct his inns well.  He can be a gun ODI player for us.  But sadly for him until Rohit Kohli are here he can't find his spot in the team. 

Big no as a T20 Batsman...  India will continue produce T20 bashers through IPl.  Guys like Ishan Kishan & Shaw Paddikal are much superior stroke players.  Jaiswal will join the ranks soon. 

Test cricket will be dude's best format once he gets to bat at 3 4 or 5.  He should play 1st test in Wanderers this December over anyone.  His backfoot stroke play is superior than every Indian player in Test team. 

 

 

[ShoonyaSifar]

He's doing fine as a limited overs batsman. A 400 runs+ IPL season is just the sort of push he needed to evolve further as a T20 batsman. 

 

He will be leading the group of core players around whom our team's transition to the next generation will be done. Likely to be India's all format captain in the next 3-4 years

Edited October 15, 2021 by ShoonyaSifar

[sorak]

2 hours ago, Jay said:

He will be better than kohli at his peak.

That sounded really awesome. Always felt the same way. He has more flair, more shots and a calmer head. A definite possibility.

[Serpico]

130-150 is his ideal t20 match. Pitches in this edition suits him well

[Bread_Pitt]

 

Edited October 15, 2021 by Bread_Pitt

[Bread_Pitt]

Hahaha

Playing according to situation 

Now who's the idiot LLMMAAO

[cricketfan28]

he played his role well today .. others did not.

[vayuu1]

The key in t20 is strike rate ,gill is an accumalator not a striker,u can expect 25 ball 35 or 39 ball 48 at best 50 of him but he dont have power game like kl ,pant or kishan or dash like shaw iyer ,he is an accumalator thats it

[vayuu1]

With guys like giakwad,iyer,shaw,kishan in ranks dont see him as t20 player though if he wants to evolve needs to evolve game like abdv but he is a rare commodity a freak

[rageaddict]

A dream T20 batsman that any team would love to have in their opposition.

[vvvslaxman]

He should visit "Badrinath Art School" to learn a thing or two about getting out at the right time @velu 

[Kerberos]

On slow pitches good to have. But make sure there is no one else similar in the team. One such type of player is enough.

On good pitches impact players. Only that impact is negative.

[Ankit_sharma03]

21 hours ago, Jattputt said:

Shubman could be India's Babar Azam if he is given a consistent run in the team

Nahin chaiye babar type in Loi 

Gill will be far superior