‘Shubman Gill is a highly overrated cricketer’: Ex-India star gives MASSIVE statement

The ex-India star in question here is Krishnamachari Srikkanth who labelled Gill as a highly overrated cricketer following his dismal batting displays in the Border-Gavaskar series

The Indian team slumped to a 3-1 defeat in the Border-Gavaskar series following their loss in the fifth Test held at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). While majority of the criticism has been directed to senior batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s poor batting display in the series, Shubman Gill also had a dismal tour to say the least.

Despite Gill being given a lot of chances by the selection committee over a long period of time, his output, especially overseas, remains below par. Following his poor batting displays throughout the Border-Gavaskar series, former India cricketer Krishnamachari Srikkanth labelled Gill as a ‘highly overrated cricketer’.

“I’ve always maintained that Shubman Gill is an overrated cricketer but nobody listened to me. He is a highly overrated cricketer,” Srikkanth said on his YouTube channel.

“When Gill is getting this much of a long rope, some people might wonder whether even players like Suryakumar Yadav could have been given a longer rope in Tests,” Srikkanth added.

Srikkanth believes that the batting trio of Suryakumar Yadav, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Sai Sudharsan are some of the players that the selection committee should consider giving a chance. The trio have performed well in domestic cricket while on the other hand, Gill has failed to perform at his best on the international circuit.

“Suryakumar didn’t have a very good start in Tests but he has the technique and he has the ability. But the selectors and the management have now boxed him into a white-ball specialist. So that means you have to look at fresh talent,” Srikkanth said.

“Ruturaj Gaikwad, for example, has been doing wonderfully in first-class cricket. But they’ve not bothered to pick him. Meanwhile, someone like Sai Sudharsan has been lighting it up in ‘A’ tours. You have to promote these kinds of talents. Instead, they are running around circles by picking Gill,” Srikkanth added.