In 15 T20Is, Shubman scored just 291 runs this year at an average of 24.25 and a strike rate of 137.26. The BCCI selectors left the Punjab batsman out of the squad for the T20 World Cup and decided to give the vice-captain position to Axar Patel.
Former India opener WV Raman said Shubman was dropped not because he does not have the ability to excel in the shortest format, but because others are more explosive as batters than him, something that is highly valued in modern T20 cricket.
“Gill wasn’t dropped because of any significant mistake on his part. Just that the players around him are more explosive than him, a quality that is essential in modern T20 cricket. In an imaginary scenario, it’s almost like choosing K Srikkanth over Sunil Gavaskar for the T20 format, knowing full well who the better batsman in the format might actually be. That’s why I wondered why it was necessary to make him T20 vice-captain at that stage when so many others fit the T20 bill so well,” WV Raman told the Times of India.
Gill should not think for a second that he has become a lesser player: Raman
Raman, who has extensive coaching experience, said he would suggest that Shubman does not think emotionally about his exclusion and considers himself a lesser player.
“If I was his coach, I would have told him that there is no place for emotion in a player’s life. It is a decision taken with the team composition in mind and Gill should not for a second think that he has become a lesser player,” said WV Raman.
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