India vs England, 1st Test – “Ye Sikhna Padega…”: Anil Kumble Points Out Flaw In Shubman Gill’s Batting

Former India captain Anil Kumble has identified a serious flaw in younger batter Shubman Gill’s method after he received out for reasonable within the ongoing 1st Test towards England in Hyderabad. Resuming from his in a single day rating of 14, Gill was dismissed on 23 by England debutant Tom Hartley. Gill’s try to swat Hartley ended within the palms of Ben Duckett at mid-wicket, giving the left-arm spinner his maiden Test wicket. While talking through the lunch break on Day 2, Kumble feels Gill must learn to rotate strikes, particularly towards the spinners.

Kumble gave the examples of Cheteshwar Pujara and Rahul Dravid, who performed at no. 3 all through their careers, urging Gill to play with smooth palms towards the spin.

“Un par dabaav badhta gaya aur vo strike rotate nahi kar paaye (The pressure kept on growing and he couldn’t rotate strike. He will have to learn this. If he wants to bat at no. 3, especially on Indian tracks where spinners will cause trouble, he will have to rotate strikes. Even when he came out to bat yesterday, he took his time as you don’t want to lose your wicket. He got stuck today as well. Wanted to play the release shot against the turn, which i don’t think was the ideal shot. If he has to slot in that no. 3 role like Pujara or Dravid, he will have to rotate strike. He needs to play spin with soft hands and use his wrist. This is something he needs to add to his game,” Kumble stated on Sports 18.

Coming again to the match, KL Rahul’s unruffled fifty shaped the fulcrum as India reached 222 for 3 at lunch to shut the hole, regardless of England spinners producing a greater effort on Day 2.

Rahul (55 batting) and Shreyas Iyer (34 batting) are on the crease as India, resuming from their in a single day 119 for one, now path England by 24 runs. The guests had been bowled out for 246 of their first innings on Day 1.

Rahul was all imperious timing and he appeared to have imbibed lots of confidence from that hundred towards South Africa earlier this month at Centurion.