Why Is Shubman Gill Struggling? Here's What Ex-India Player Says

Gill’s form in the shortest format of the game is still a cause of concern as he gathered only 16 runs across the first three T20Is.

Shubman Gill in action.

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India’s young batter Shubman Gill has been going through a lean patch with his willow as he made only one half-century across eight matches in the West Indies. In the two red ball games, Gill scored 45 runs on the Caribbean island. But then the Punjab-based batter made a comeback in the three-match ODI series where he collected 126 runs, smashing a vital 85 in the final game. Gill’s form in the shortest format of the game is still a cause of concern as he gathered only 16 runs across the first three T20Is.

Former India batter Aakash Chopra spoke about the same and pointed out the errors in Shubman Gill’s batting.

"At this point in time, the problem is with Shubman Gill's form. During the IPL, I read in many places that he is no longer the prince but the king. But after that, there was the WTC final, he didn't score too many runs there, played two Test matches against the West Indies, didn't score runs there," said Chopra on his YouTube channel.

The 23-year-old cricketer was the leading run scorer in the last year's IPL but then he could not manage to continue his momentum.  He made 31 runs across two innings in the World Test Championship final before going to the West Indies.

"Then he played three ODIs, where he scored one half-century and a score of 34. He has single-digit scores in all three T20Is. It seems like he hasn't scored runs at all on this West Indies tour. I feel there is one thing with him for sure - when the pitches are slightly slow, he will find it difficult to get into a rhythm," said the former India batter.

Earlier, Shubman Gill achieved a rare milestone during the second one-day international against the West Indies. Gill broke Babar Azam’s record after he surpassed the Pakistan batter in the list with the most numbers of runs after 26 innings in ODIs. The Pakistan skipper collected 1322 runs to his name after the first 26 ODI innings. Gill, on the other hand, smashed 1352 runs. The list also included England's Jonathan Trott (1303 runs), Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman (1275 runs), and South Africa's Rassie van der Dussen (1267 runs).