'Fail To Keep My Concentration Going When Batting Well': Shubman Gill's Honest Confession

Gill was also called to play county cricket with Glamorgan where he collected 244 runs in three games, including a century and a half-century.

Shubman Gill in action.

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Without any question, the Punjab-based batsman Shubman Gill is India’s future. He is currently playing in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and he stated that he can bat in the middle order as well in limited-overs cricket. He also talked about his skills against spinners to rotate the strike. 

"My game all-round is very good and I rotate the strike well against spinners. So even if I get a chance in the middle order, I am ready for that. If the team management are looking at me in the middle order, then I am ready for it. When I scored that hundred in Zimbabwe, I was batting at one down, and I didn't open. So one down or two down, whatever the team needs, I am ready," stated the batter, as per the ESPNcricinfo.

"I believe that the fewer dot balls you play in T20s, the better your strike rate will be. Almost all batsmen have the same boundary percentage, but the ones with fewer dot balls have a higher strike rate. In T20s, you need to know what the bowler is trying to do. Those who bowl in a set way, you can dominate them," said the batter.

Gill has been featuring regularly in India's Test line-up. But he is yet to play T20I. In the ODI format, he batted with Shikhar Dhawan in seven of the nine 50-over matches he played.  He was also called to play county cricket with Glamorgan where he collected 244 runs in three games, including a century and a half-century.

"In England, you have to concentrate all the time. In those conditions, sometimes you feel you are set, but one spell can throw you off. It's not like that in India. Here once you reach 40-50, there is a pattern to bat. There is no such pattern in England. You could be batting at 110 and are still not set. No matter what score you are on, you have to be careful [on] every ball," he said about his county stint.

While talking about the red-ball format, Gill stated, "The red-ball format is very important to me. You get a different type of confidence when you do well in red-ball cricket. I am ready to bat wherever there's a vacant spot in the side. I don't think there is anything wrong with my technique. When your concentration is disturbed, or you relax a little bit, and then if a good ball comes, you miss it. I think it always happens with me that I am batting well and then I get out," shared the batter on his test batting technique and desire to play for the Indian test side whenever the opportunity arises.

"There is no phase where I get out after I am constantly beaten. I think it [dismissal] is because of a lapse in concentration. When a batsman is struggling, he is more alert. With me, sometimes it's the other way round. I fail to keep my concentration going when I'm batting well," he further added.