Shubman Gill scored a half-century in the tour game against Australia A.© Instagram
Former Australia cricketer Tom Moody feels India really should have provided a possibility to in-type batsman Shubman Gill ahead of Prithvi Shaw in the day-evening Test. Shaw once again failed to leave a mark and was dismissed in a equivalent style by Pat Cummins in the second essay. The proper-handed batsman was backed by the selectors for the initially Test but he managed only a duck and 4 in the two innings of the day-evening Test. Moody mentioned Shaw should not have even picked for the pink-ball game following his lean patch with the bat in the warm-up game. The former cricketer feels Indian selectors have failed as they did not choose Gill for the initially Test.
“Prithvi Shaw is not the one that has failed here, the selectors have failed. He shouldn’t have gotten picked to begin with knowing that he’s coming into this Test series out of form and also with the technical flaws that have been exposed over a dozen balls. So to me he was set up to fail in a way,” Moody told ESPNCricinfo.
“For me, Shubman Gill should have been the person to play to begin with. His technique is a lot more watertight and he’s shown that he’s got a wonderful temperament,” he added.
The newly appointed director of cricket of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) mentioned Shaw has a superior future in the longest format of the game but criticised the selectors’ choice of going with the 21-year-old in the initially Test
“I’m not saying that Prithvi Shaw is not going to make a good Test cricketer. He’s got a huge future in front of him. But at the moment it’s not so much his fault. I think the decision to play him was wrong,” mentioned Moody.
India stumbled to an eight-wicket loss in the initially Test of the 4-match series right here at Adelaide Oval on Saturday.
On the third day of the day-evening Test, India was bundled out for 36 in the second innings and Australia was provided a mediocre target of 90 runs to go 1- ahead.
Joe Burns, who was out of type, scored 51 although Matthew Wade hit 33 as the duo place on 70 for the opening wicket to extinguish any hopes India had of staging a fightback.