Former India captain Anil Kumble feels that the embattled Shubman Gill has been given the kind of “cushion” that veteran Cheteshwar Pujara never got and the young batter needs to make it count in the second Test against England or risk being under tremendous pressure.
24-year-old Gill has not scored a half-century in his last 11 Test innings. He scored a 128 in India’s first innings against visiting Australian in Ahmedabad in March 2023, but after that his highest score has been 36.
He made 23 and 0 in the two innings of the first Test against England in Hyderabad, which India lost by 28 runs on January 28.