Shubman Gill India vs West Indies 1st Test: The first match of the Test series will be played between India and West Indies in Dominica from Wednesday. Many changes will be seen in Team India for this match. Indian captain Rohit Sharma told that Yashasvi Jaiswal will debut. At the same time, the batting position of Shubman Gill will change. Gill was still opening in Team India. But will now bat at number 3. Rohit has shared important things about Gill batting.
Rohit Sharma said before Dominica Test, “Gill will play at number 3. Gill himself wants to play at number 3. He came and discussed with Rahul Bhai (coach Rahul Dravid). He has said that I have played all the cricket at number 3 and 4. If I bat at number 3, I can do more good for the team.” Captain Rohit said about Shubman’s batting number, “It is also good for us that a combination of left and right handers will be formed.”
If we look at Shubman Gill’s career so far, he has been effective. Gill has scored the most runs at number 2. He has scored 846 runs in 25 innings. Gill has scored 2 centuries and 4 half-centuries while batting at this number. He has played 3 matches while batting at number one. In this they were not successful. Gill scored just 28 runs. He got only one chance at number 3. But now he will once again bat on this number. Gill has done more batting at number 3 and 4 in domestic matches.
Shubman has scored 921 runs in 30 Test innings played so far for India. During this, he scored 2 centuries and 4 half-centuries. Gill has scored 1311 runs in 24 ODIs. During this, 4 centuries and 5 half-centuries have been scored. He has also scored a double century. Gill’s best score in ODIs is 208 runs. He has scored 202 runs in 6 T20 matches for Team India.