Sunil Gavaskar on Shubman Gill's poor Test record

[{"selector":"#anim-eaa0d6f1-07b7-45c8-9b5a-cfb700474049 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-21.874999829338588%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] After 35 innings in Test cricket, Shubman Gill had fewer runs (994) than Ravichandran Ashwin had in the format at the same juncture 1006.

[{"selector":"#anim-e553a569-715f-42c0-9135-a75f87dac8e1 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-24.202134778968198%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] In both the innings of the Boxing Day Test, the India number three had been removed cheaply (2 and 26), adding to his poor run in the format.

[{"selector":"#anim-492e97be-3d0b-493c-b101-ee420161b29c [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.179687404002955%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] While 2023 saw Gill amass an average of 63.36 from 26 innings, in 10 Test cricket innings his tally remains at 28.66.

[{"selector":"#anim-6b5f38e2-f060-447a-aefc-10df8d2a261a [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.179687404002955%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar tried to make sense of the contrasting set of performances.

[{"selector":"#anim-9542c24c-0154-4a96-9941-6d27bbc93d07 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.179687404002955%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] “I think he is playing a bit too aggressively in Test cricket. There is a slight difference when you play Test cricket vs T20I and ODI cricket.

[{"selector":"#anim-381931f1-676b-4a5e-b661-a41c05b79312 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-51.909722136891524%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] The difference is in the ball. The red ball moves a little more than the white ball in the air and off the pitch as well.

[{"selector":"#anim-e7b50bc0-8638-40e7-b24f-07da72e498bb [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-45.117187404002955%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] It bounces a little more too. He should keep that in mind,” Gavaskar told Star Sports .

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