Have India tried to fix something that wasn’t broken?
“When people raise questions about Shubman Gill being in the T20 setup, it never makes sense,” said former India fast bowler Varun Aaron, shortly after the Indian vice-captain hit 46 off 39 balls in India’s 48-run win over Australia in Gold Coast on Thursday.
Irfan Pathan echoed the thought, saying Gill has a clear role in the T20I side and executed it perfectly on a pitch that was not batting friendly.
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In the fifth and final T20I in Brisbane — washed out due to rain — Gill looked even more proactive, smashing 29 off 16 and outpacing his opening partner, World No. 1 Abhishek Sharma. India blasted 52 for 0 in just 4.5 overs before the rain gods stepped in. Abhishek had an off-day, dropped twice and short of fluency, but Gill looked a million dollars at the Gabba, where free-flowing strokeplay was rewarded.
Abhishek put it bluntly: the partnership with Gill was no longer fire and ice — it was fire and fire.
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