Indian parents will be “Indian parents” and it is not different for Shubham Gill. On Day 5 of the Gabba Test, Shubman Gill paved the way for India’s glorious victory by scoring an excellent 91. However, his father Lakhwinder Gill was disappointed with his son’s dismissal method. He also said that a century would’ve been good for the youngster’s confidence.
“A century would have been good for his confidence. He was batting so well, and I don’t know why all of a sudden, he played away from his body,” senior Gill told TOI.
“The six innings he has batted in this Test series, he was always looking comfortable at the crease. But for me, the worrying sign is his mode of dismissals. He is chasing the ball way outside the off stump, and I am sure other teams would have noticed it. Hopefully, he will learn from it and will not repeat this mistake,” he said.
Former Indian cricketer Virendra Sehwag has reacted to the comments and said: “Aakhir Maa baap toh Maa baap hi hain #parents #india #100sebadhkarthacontribution [After all, parents will be parents #parents #india #contributionwasbiggerthana100].”
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Incidentally, Washington Sundar’s father, too made similar comments after his son scored a valiant 62 off 144 on Day 3 of the Gabba Test. The 7th wicket partnership between Shardul Thakur and Washington Sundar had added 123 runs, taking India’s 1st innings total to 336.
“I am disappointed he did not get a 100. When Siraj came, he should have hit fours and sixes. He is capable of that. He should have gone for sixes. He could have gone for pulls and big hits. Perhaps, he thought of trying to come close to Australia’s total as the lead was very less,” M Sundar said as quoted by Times Now.
“I speak to him in Australia every day. I told him last evening whenever you get a chance, get a big score. He said, ‘sure I will’. Washington is a natural opening batsman, and has scored a lot of runs against the new ball. In Chennai League, he is the youngest player to score a hundred in the first division league. At the age of 14, he got a century while opening,” he added.
