Shubman Gill warned of technical flaws in his batting by former English opener forward of 1st IND vs ENG Check

Shubman Gill has lengthy been thought to be a generational expertise. Dubbed because the ‘Prince of Indian Cricket’, Gill was all the time touted to turn out to be the mainstay within the batting order. Now with Virat Kohli bowing out of the Check format, he’s additionally prone to exchange him at quantity 4. In ODIs, Gill is undroppable, and the brand new Indian Check captain confirmed his T20 prowess with an impeccable IPL 2025, the place he scored 650 runs at 155.87 (SR).

Having stated all this, identical to nearly each different batter, Gill has some flaws in his sport as nicely. He might need essentially the most elegant drive and short-arm jab in him, however Gill has to handle his technicalities on English soil that gives lateral motion to bowlers. Former England opener Nick Knight has identified that the Gujarat Titans (GT) star must be cautious of 1 factor: him not placing his entrance leg throughout an excessive amount of.

“Properly, once I’ve been out in India (for IPL commentary), I all the time spotlight the identical factor, actually. Generally with Shubman, extra so if you’re kind of slightly missing in confidence and striving for issues slightly bit in your kind, generally that entrance leg simply pushes throughout slightly bit an excessive amount of,” stated Nick Knight whereas talking to NDTV.

“Due to this fact, the rotation of the physique and accessing the ball and taking part in round that entrance pad. However of late, I haven’t seen that fairly a lot, if I’m brutally trustworthy. However it turns into extra necessary if you’ve obtained a left-armer coming over the wicket and swinging it again into the pads. That’s one thing that he’ll in all probability all the time concentrate on. That line exterior off stump, once more, would be the problem for all these top-order gamers, notably in England.“