‘No Idea What He’s Thinking’: Stuart Clark Criticizes Shubman Gill for Wasting a Good Start
Stuart Clark Criticizes Shubman Gill for Getting Sidetracked After Promise Show in Pink-Ball Test
Former Australian seamer Stuart Clark has made some comments on Shubman Gill’s performance on day one of the pink-ball Test against Australia. The batsman, batting at No. 3 may have let the pressure to slow down the game and lost focus after Yashasvi Jaiswal fell to the first ball of the match.
Gill, back after missing the first Test with a fractured thumb, began confidently as he hit a couple of boundaries in the early stages of his innings. His innings, however, came to an end at 31 runs off 51 deliveries when, misjudging a Scott Boland delivery, he was trapped lbw.
“‘I just don’t know what he was doing. The ball smacked him low down the pad—it was half volleys. I still couldn’t see why he wished to refer it to all the world. May have thought he was short or out of line,’ says Clark to ABC Radio: ‘I feel at some stage he got very captivated with trying to make this game drag.'”.
Clark added, “I think he distracted himself. During the over, he walked down to talk to Rishabh Pant, clearly trying to slow the game, but in doing so, he lost concentration for a fraction of a moment.
India’s batting collapsed under the pink ball and they were bowled out for just 180. Australian pacer Mitchell Starc was the stand-out performer, taking a six-wicket haul.
Apart from this disappointing Indian batting performance, Clark feels the pitch offers enough for the bowling side to get a result. He feels the match will be tough and conditions will restrain the batsmen.
“This pitch has enough in it, coupled with the atmospheric conditions, to make batting a challenge. ‘Frenzy’ is a great way to describe today’s play. The Test is moving at a rapid pace, and big scores will be hard to come by,” Clark observed.
The bowling seems to have a motive; the first to break the Australian side is the breakthrough of Usman Khawaja by Jasprit Bumrah. It is expected that Indian attacks will try to capitalise on the conditions with an intent of early wickets.
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