Shubman and skipper Suryakumar Yadav are struggling to score runs in the format, and the former cricketer feels that their form shouldn't be any concern. The fourth T20I match between Team India and South Africa is scheduled to be played on December 17 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium B Ground in Lucknow
Deep Dasgupta (Pic: File Pic)
Ahead of the fourth T20I match against South Africa, former cricketer Deep Dasgupta said that he wants Shubman Gill to play the role that Virat Kohli has done for Team India in the T20Is.
"For me Shubman's role is very different, because if you see most of the other players are stoke players, so it is a kind of role that Virat played so well and did so well through the years, that is holding on one end while everyone plays around," he said.
"I think I see Shubman in that role that Virat played. He is that fulcrum that everyone plays around him, not necessarily a high strike rate as others but consistent than the others that is the role that I see," added Dasgupta.
Shubman and skipper Suryakumar Yadav are struggling to score runs in the format, and the former cricketer feels that their form shouldn't be any concern. He also said that both players should try to spend time at the crease.
"I don't think it will be bothering them, but ideally you would want them (Gill and Sky) to start firing again. If you want them to be fearless, that will come with a price and that price being consistency. That's one thing that you have to be mindful about," said the 48-year-old former cricketer.
Speaking more, Dasgupta said that there are not many T20I matches that India will be playing before the global showpiece, but the team would want Suryakumar and other batsmen to be in form.
"But there will be concern and we would ideally want Surya and everyone to be in form and unfortunately we don't have many matches before the World Cup. But they are good enough, hopefully it's just a matter of time," he said.
Fourth match's date and venue
The fourth T20I match between Team India and South Africa is scheduled to be played on December 17 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium B Ground in Lucknow.
IND vs SA 4th T20I: Full Squads
India: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Shahbaz Ahmed, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Sanju Samson (wk), Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar.
South Africa: Aiden Markram (captain), Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, Lutho Sipamla, Ottniel Baartman, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, George Linde.
(With PTI Inputs)
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