India’s former spinner Ravichandran Ashwin explained Shubman Gill’s dismissal in the ODI series decider against New Zealand in Indore on January 18. Gill was dismissed after scoring 23 runs as India lost the match by 41 runs.
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On X (formerly Twitter), Ashwin wrote, “Sunny (Sunil Gavaskar) bhai is talking about how Shubman’s bat was really close to the pad in England, where he made all his runs. I am going to try and illustrate the challenge for a modern-day batter, the changes which happen automatically most of the times, when you shift in & out of red-ball cricket.”
Ashwin then explained how a batter’s technique has to change depending on the format.
Ashwin noted, “Pic 1: His natural receiving position where the bat comes from gully, he is naturally picking up the bat to hit the delivery as he has been trained to do this over years of practice.”
Next, he added, “Pic 2: He has seen the line of the delivery and re-aligned his bat to meet the ball head on and is in superb position thus far.”
Ashwin then highlighted the key problem and said, “The bat needs to now start curving in to meet the ball such that he doesn’t leave a gap between bat and ball.”
He then pointed out, “Pic 3: The gap has started to emerge here and he knows he is in trouble because the ball has pitched and started to duck back in.”
Ashwin also gave the solution and said, “He should be able to release his bottom hand a touch and manoeuvre his hands closer to the pads and handle this delivery.”
He added, “Pic 4 : if you see closely, the bottom hand, which is supposed to be used for dexterity hasn’t loosened up and allowed the last minute adjustment. Even though, he wants to shut the gap down, his bottom hand which is firm on the handle isn’t allowing him to do it.”
Ashwin then concluded, “This is what happened now, but he managed to address this while he was playing tests in England.”
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