India’s assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate has defended Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav after their poor run with the bat in the ongoing T20I series. Both players have struggled to score runs. Together, they have made only 21 runs across two matches. Shubman scored 4 and 0. Suryakumar scored 12 and 5. India now heads into the third T20I in Dharamsala with concerns around their top order.
Ten Doeschate said he was pleased with the progress Gill showed during the recent white-ball series in Australia. He explained that he would not overthink Gill’s dismissals in the current series.
India’s assistant Coach Shares Strong Support for Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill
“Shubman, I saw some good signs of a change in mentality on the back end of that Australian tour. I wouldn’t read too much into these two dismissals in this series. In the first game, we asked the guys to go out there and attack the powerplay, and it wasn’t a great wicket at Cuttack, so I’ll let him off for that one. Today, I thought he got a good ball that can happen when you’re short on form,” stated ten Doeschate, as quoted by India Today.
The assistant coach also said that the management still has full trust in both Gill and Suryakumar.
“But we also know his [Gill’s] class. You look at his IPL record, he stacks up 700–800 runs. We believe in his class and we believe he will come good. It’s exactly the same with Suryakumar. As you mentioned about the leadership roles, we’re quite far down the road now with our planning and how we’ve set the team up. I have absolute faith in both of them coming good at the right time for us,” he added.
India won the first T20I in Cuttack by 101 runs. But they suffered a big loss in the second game in Mullanpur by 51 runs while chasing 214. Quinton de Kock and Ottneil Baartman led South Africa to victory. The third T20I will be played in Dharamsala on December 14.
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