Shubman Gill Admits Assessing Conditions Key to Success in England

 


Talented India opener Shubman Gill has said that assessing the changing conditions in England and playing accordingly will be the key for him during the upcoming Test matches. While they will take on New Zealand in the much-awaited inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) final in June, it will be followed by the fibe-match Test series against England in August-September as well.

“As an opener, not just in England but everywhere, you need to know how to play out sessions. Playing sessions is very important. It has been seen in England that whenever it is cloudy, the ball swings a lot. When there is sun, the pitch becomes good for batting. It is necessary to assess conditions as opener,” said Shubman Gill while speaking to India TV.

The 21-year-old youngster, who made his Test debut in Australia last year and has played seven Test matches so far, amassing 378 runs, has added that India’s performance in Australia where they won the Test series 2-1 will give them the much-needed confidence. Notably, India then thrashed England at home earlier this year as well.

 “Our performance in Australia was very good. Over the last few years, we have been doing very well on away tours, so our confidence is very high. I think we can’t be better prepared for the World Test Championship (WTC) final than this,” shared Gill.

However, the opened again shared that facing world’s best bowlers at nets while playing for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League franchise has helped him gaining his confidence as well.

“It helps a lot when you play good bowlers in nets and play them for a long period of time. Your confidence is very high. Like in our KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders) team, we had good bowlers like Ferguson and Cummins. Definitely, you get high on confidence. When you go out and play a match, you know what they’ll bowl. Those things matter,” concluded the Punjab born cricketer.

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