‘Leave your image in the dressing room’: Sunil Gavaskar slams Shubman Gill for poor selection of shots at Gabba

Last update:December 16, 2024, 6:52 p.m. IST

Shubman Gill was caught in a gully while fishing outside off stump against Mitchell Starc.

Sunil Gavaskar minced no words while analyzing Shubman Gill’s batting performance in the ongoing third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024 in Brisbane on Monday. The former India captain-turned-pundit asked the 25-year-old to “leave his image in the dressing room” and his fancy pictures in “the back pocket”.

Gill fell victim to Starc in the third over as India went two down for just six runs. Mitchell Starc bowled a good length delivery well outside the off stump. Gill took on an ambitious project but failed to connect it properly. The ball hit the outside edge of his bat before finding Mitchell Marsh’s catches at the gully.

“Leave your image in the dressing room,” Gavaskar said on Star Sports. “Some shots are dangerous early in your innings before you’re ready, and you don’t have the gauge of what the wicket is doing. Keep all those “You’ve got shots in your back pocket. Take them out when you’re not 30-40-50 and then can you get those shots back,” Gavaskar said.

“Not a very good selection of shots, you might say. It was a really good catch, so there was a bit of bad luck there too. But he could have left that ball alone; it would have been safe for the wicketkeeper,” he further explained.

Earlier, Yashasvi Jaiswal also lost his wicket to Starc. On the second ball of the innings, he clipped a half-volley from the leg side straight to mid-wicket.

After Gill was dismissed on his third ball, Virat Kohli came onto the field to join KL Rahul. The duo initially seemed a little cautious. Kohli, however, failed to survive for long and also edged an outside-off delivery from Josh Hazlewood. The former Indian captain scored just three runs from 16 balls before returning to the hut.

Rishabh Pant followed Kohli in the order. The southpaw also ended up being caught by Alex Carrey. This time, Pat Cummins did the job for his team. When rain played a spoilsport at The Gabba last time, Rahul and skipper Rohit Sharma were unbeaten at the crease at 33 and 0 respectively. At the end of the third day, India were reeling at 51/4.

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