“He does look to be under pressure” – Former Indian cricketer opens up on Shubman Gill’s poor form in limited-overs

Former Indian cricketer and analyst Kris Srikkanth has opened up on the Indian ODI captain Shubman Gill’s poor form in the limited-overs formats. Notably, he failed to live up to expectations with the willow Down Under.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Srikkanth asserted that the overwhelming pressure of captaincy and the presence of Yashasvi Jaiswal in the squad were the reasons behind Gill not putting up good scores in the limited-overs.

“After performing in England, he is probably also putting pressure on himself. He shouldn’t do that and just play his game. He actually played well today, but just got a superb delivery from Hazlewood. More than Shubman Gill getting himself out, it was a wicket-taking delivery that got him. But he does look to be under pressure, just observing his body language because he has replaced Rohit Sharma as the captain, while also opening alongside him,” Srikkanth said on his YouTube channel.

“And on the other side, everyone is asking why Yashasvi Jaiswal isn’t playing. All that adds to his pressure. But he’ll get over it as he’s a fantastic player. He should just play his normal game because he’s getting his strides and shots right. He’s just getting out, that’s the only thing. So once he produces a couple of big knocks at home against South Africa, he’ll be set again,” he added.

While Rohit smacked an unbeaten 121, Kohli scored 74* in the 237-run chase in the third ODI, India went on to win by nine wickets in 38.3 overs. Earlier in the first innings, Harshit Rana took a match-winning four-wicket haul.

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