Gill scored seven runs off five deliveries on his T20I debut in the first game against the Lankan Lions at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday, January 3. He played an ungainly pull across the line against Maheesh Theekshana and was caught plumb in front of the wickets.
While previewing the second T20I in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra highlighted the game’s importance for Shubman Gill, elaborating:
The former Indian opener feels the Punjab batter is more suited to the longer formats of the game, stating:
Gill has been at his prolific best in ODI cricket lately, having scored 638 runs at an excellent average of 70.88 and an impressive strike rate of 102.57 in the 12 games he played last year. Although he does not have a good overall record in Test cricket, he scored his maiden ton in the first game of the recently concluded series against Bangladesh.
“He will have to prove naysayers like me wrong” - Aakash Chopra on Shubman Gill
While observing that Gill needs to prove his critics wrong, Chopra did not have too many complaints about Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav, saying:
The renowned commentator wants Sanju Samson, who has now been ruled out of the last two T20Is, to grab his chances, explaining:
On the flip side, Chopra picked Deepak Hooda as a huge takeaway from the first T20I. He lauded the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) player for playing a game-defining knock while batting at No. 6.
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