Within the absence of normal captain and opener Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan walked out to bat with Shubman Gill after India had been put in to bat by West Indies in the course of the first ODI on Friday. The pair stitched a century stand, giving their workforce an outstanding begin.
Gill specifically seemed in chic contact as he made a strong declare for the function of third opener within the ODI setup. He made 64 off 53 with the assistance of six fours and two sixes and seemed set for an enormous rating.
Nevertheless, a second of laziness resulted in the 22-year-old shedding his wicket, one thing which was slammed by former India quick bowler Ajit Agarkar who was on commentary duties.
Through the 18th over of Indian innings, Gill performed one from Alzarri Joseph in the direction of midwicket. Nevertheless, the opener was informal in his strategy for a single.
As luck would have it, an alert Nicholas Pooran will rapidly launched the throw in the direction of the non-striker’s finish for a direct hit and Gill was discovered in need of the crease, forcing him to to take an extended stroll again to the pavilion.
“He (Gill) seemed slightly informal,” Agarkar mentioned. He took slightly bit simpler as we speak. And that (run out) is the one factor you don’t need to do. Shikhar Dhawan might be going to show him as we speak, that when you get a begin, don’t be informal and provides it away.”
Whereas mentioning that Gill ought to’ve been extra conscious of the fielders, Agarkar mentioned the teen will study with expertise. “That run-out, that’s too informal. You might have to pay attention to the state of affairs, be clever. However he’ll study it as time goes,” he mentioned.
India went on to put up 308/7 with Dhawan (97), Gill (64) and Shreyas Iyer (54) hitting half-centuries. In reply, West Indies made it an in depth affair however fell in need of the goal by simply three runs to complete with 305/6.
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