On Shubman Gill ‘replacing’ Virat Kohli in crucial role, R Ashwin’s ‘uncomfortable’ verdict Cricket News

Indian cricket team batsman Shubman Gill had a stellar performance in the recently concluded five-match Test series against England with two crucial centuries. It was a great run for the youngster, who has faced a lot of criticism since replacing Cheteshwar Pujara at number three. This is a new challenge for Gill as he has mainly opened the batting for India in other formats and has not scored many runs. At the beginning. However, he proved his mettle against England and his batting was crucial in clinching the series victory. While his batting has been praised by pundits and fans alike, Ravichandran Ashwin has pointed out another key role in which he has replaced Virat Kohli and shown brilliant prospects.

“Virat Kohli’s position is short midwicket. It will be very difficult to replace him. Virat and (Suresh) Raina. (Shubman) Gill started from there in the first Test , he looked uncomfortable. He got it through the final test (as Vijay said to Sivakarthikeyan). He also captured (Ben) Duckett’s catch on the cover. That shows he wants to improve every day The level of his game and he is working towards it,” Ashwin said.

Ashwin also said that Gill will definitely become the “next superstar of Indian cricket” as he handled the pressure of the “journey” brilliantly.

“I give extra praise to Shubman Gill because he has seen the ups and downs of the game. There were discussions about his place in the XI. He had some technical issues himself. He went through it all to become What he is today is like gold melted from fire and water. As predicted, it has been a very important journey for the man destined to become the next superstar of Indian cricket. He coped There was pressure and people applauded him,” Ashwin said.