Sehwag praised Shubman Gill, said”he has more ability than several greats of the game”
KKR Opening Batsman Shubman Gill on Monday played an impressive knock against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Abu Dhabi. The 22-year-old returned to form with a 48-run knock off 34 deliveries to help his team to a 9-wicket win.
Former India opener Virender Sehwag spoke highly of Gill’s batting style. While speaking with Cricbuzz, the cricketer-turned-commentator stated that the KKR batsman should always play with a free mind and shouldn’t be bothered by number of runs against his name.
“He has more ability than several greats of the game. The players from older generations had a stronger mindset which led them to success. If Gill wants to be a successful batter, he needs to work on his mindset,” he added.
Sehwag further said that a batsman, particularly when he is batting in T20 format, need not take pressure and start hitting right from the first ball he faces.
“T20 cricket isn’t a format where you score ball-to-ball. You do that in the longer formats where a strike rate of 50 is considered decent. But this format is meant to bat like this. No need to take pressure while batting. You just go and start hitting. If you connect then you are a match winner and if couldn’t, then no worries, someone else will do that.