Shubman Gill admits ‘losing focus,’ says his ‘red-ball batting’ is a concern

[wanted_desi]

 

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Shubman Gill has admitted that his “red-ball batting” is a bit of concern as he loses “concentration” after getting a start.

Gill scored an excellent second-innings century (102) on Day 3 but his 14th first-class century, couldn’t prevent Punjab from going down by an innings and 207 runs against Karnataka.

“Red-ball batting is a concern,” Gill told reporters in Bengaluru.

“I think with the red ball, in the matches that I play, I tend to get a very good 25-30 and, in those moments, I sometimes tend to put too much pressure on myself to be able to convert those.

“That is not the way that I have grown up playing my game.

“There is a certain zone that I am in, certain intent that I am in and sometimes I think I lose that because I put too much pressure on myself that I have to get a big run now that I am set.

“I think in those crucial moments, I sometimes lose my focus and concentration.”

Gill gritted out for much of his knock, his first 50 runs consuming 119 balls. His stickability had been criticised in the tour of Australia, facing only 163 balls across five innings.

“I think any innings that we play at any level, it’s very important to be able to get runs, get back in form and have that feel,” Gill said.

“When you are playing well, when you are in that zone, it’s important to stay in that zone as long as possible and that’s what I was trying to do when I was batting there.

“I think this innings was very satisfying for me, the way I played,” he said.

“The first, I think, in 130 balls, I scored 40-odd runs, and they were bowling well and there was some help in the wicket as well.

 

 

It is really important to play Ranji Trophy matches. I believe T20 team should be completely separated from Test team. ODI team can be mixture of those two teams as India doesn't really play that many ODIs anyways. 

[G_B_]

Needs plenty of A tours.



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[diga]

first step in correcting any mistake is admitting that there is one.. Good for Gill and hope he works on it

[vvvslaxman]

You have to learn to bat long at some level until it becomes a habit.

[Gollum]

At least he isn't delusional like Iyer/Rohit.

[Lord]

Good on him, atleast not giving excuses like Iyer/Rohit/Kohli.

 

 

[Suhaan]

12 minutes ago, Lord said:

Good on him, atleast not giving excuses like Iyer/Rohit/Kohli.

 

 

12 sal me 5-6 saal  गड्ढे jaisa khel sakte hain

[lemsip]

Good to see from Gill. He clearly has a work ethic and is young enough to iron out some of the obvious technical issues he has if he plays red ball cricket more regularly.

[LordPrabhzy]

losing focus? tell us then why you lost focus because cricket fans know what it was

 

Modelling? advertisements, brand PR, dating Sara Tendulkar- people have been saying that in your prime when you can be developing yourself into the future star of indian cricket after Kohli but if you get distracted and focus on other things then the results show everything clearly but saying that of this statement is a PR stunt to get sympathy and he is going to go back to his bakchodi on social media and PR agencies then whats the point

[Suhaan]

54 minutes ago, LordPrabhzy said:

losing focus? tell us then why you lost focus because cricket fans know what it was

 

Modelling? advertisements, brand PR, dating Sara Tendulkar- people have been saying that in your prime when you can be developing yourself into the future star of indian cricket after Kohli but if you get distracted and focus on other things then the results show everything clearly but saying that of this statement is a PR stunt to get sympathy and he is going to go back to his bakchodi on social media and PR agencies then whats the point

Felt the heat hence gave the statement

Anyways hope  he's honest about it

Edited January 27, 2025 by Suhaan

[LordPrabhzy]

12 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

Felt the heat hence gave the statement

Anyways hope  he's honest about it

Last 10 mins he has uploaded a video on Insta about his brand ambassador role with Mercedes-- looks like a clown in whatever this outfit was told to him to wear by his PR agency.. back to his antics

[Suhaan]

14 minutes ago, LordPrabhzy said:

Last 10 mins he has uploaded a video on Insta about his brand ambassador role with Mercedes-- looks like a clown in whatever this outfit was told to him to wear by his PR agency.. back to his antics

Yes I don't trust him ,he is just giving blanket statement

[Real McCoy]

Few years ago, Gill was the latest talent. Did well in Australia. Here's wishing he comes back to old habits.

[wanted_desi]

1 hour ago, Suhaan said:

Yes I don't trust him ,he is just giving blanket statement

 

Today's world, grade C players like Iyer has ego that they are telling everyone to take a hike when talk about shortcomings. Blanket or not, you still need to put your ego in check. 

[tapandrun]

Do not think its just his focus, cricket is moving too fast these days and he is legging behind.

He lacks power for t20is and technique for tests, he should work on those plus the kind of cricket being played he should add some kind of bowling skills too. 

[vvvslaxman]

He plays with hard hands. It is not just concentration issue. Hope he doesn't think like that. He has technical issues similar to Kohli