Hes Not Anybody That…: Ricky Ponting Explains Why Shubman Gill Is An Wonderful Batter In ODI Cricket
Legendary Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting termed opener Shubman Gill as a “very pushed” one who understands his path and marked him as the longer term captain of India.
Gill, at present the ODI vice-captain, is in red-hot kind in 50-over format and made a shiny starting to the continuing Champions Trophy with 100 in India’s six-wicket win over Bangladesh.
“We have had an opportunity to catch up over the past couple of years, significantly across the IPL season. I like his manner. He looks like a really pushed man who needs to be the very best that he probably might be with batting and in addition so far as management’s involved,” Ponting informed ICC Evaluation.
“He simply looks like a very nice character. A very softly spoken man, very pushed for what he needs to realize within the recreation,” Ponting mentioned.
The previous Australian captain mentioned the one-day format fits Gill’s fashion of batting, and hoped the 25-year-old will quickly translate that success into Take a look at cricket.
“He is been a really, superb worldwide participant for plenty of years. He hasn’t type of transferred that over into Take a look at Match cricket but, however his white ball cricket over the past three or 4 years has been excellent.
“Look, he is an enormous recreation participant as properly. He is performed rather well in IPLs over the past couple of years, clearly being captain of his franchise,” mentioned Ponting.
Ponting, a two-time 50-over World Cup profitable captain, then defined why Gill has been glorious in ODI cricket.
“I simply assume that the white ball recreation actually fits his fashion of play. He can come out and be good and aggressive early on within the energy play with the sector up, get some boundaries away early by taking part in good, naturally aggressive cricketing photographs.
“He isn’t an enormous hitter, he isn’t anybody that goes on the market and tries to do something exterior of the way in which that he can naturally play. He simply scores boundaries virtually at will in opposition to quick bowling, in opposition to the white ball,” he famous.
