Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has criticized Shubman Gill’s leadership on Day 4 of the second Test against the West Indies. He also added that Gill wasn’t attacking enough and conceded singles easily. However, the West Indies posted 390 in their second innings in Delhi on Monday (October 13) after Shubman Gill had enforced the follow-on. India ended the day at 63/1 in their second innings, needing 58 more runs to win the series 2-0 as well.
During a discussion on Star Sports, Aakash Chopra said, “To be fair, I am actually slightly disappointed. I had expected slightly better plans. If you are ahead in the game, you want to show it in everything, and I didn’t see that. Attack doesn’t happen just by playing five bowlers. You had a sixth bowling option, towards whom you didn’t go at all. You have an arrow in your quiver, but you didn’t use it at all. So we don’t know whether he would be effective or not.”
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“For the arrows you have, the field placements you have for them, how can you give singles so easily? I am slightly surprised with this and, personally, slightly disappointed as well. Generally, one should celebrate when the team wins, and all of us will celebrate, but if you want to become the best team in the world, when you are winning, take lessons from them, so that you correct those mistakes next time,” he further added.
However, Aakash Chopra also stated that Shubman Gill wasn’t proactive even when Jayden Seales, the last batter, arrived at the crease as well.
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“Even after Jayden Seales came to bat, we were waiting for him to get out. There is a limit to waiting. You have to do something from your side. This has happened multiple times in this match. As a team, we were seen waiting, that let’s see what happens, and this is not good news. This might be an isolated incident where you gave the follow-on first and then you have bowled so much that you are tired. The pitch does not have that much bounce and the application is being seen in the batting. However, in my opinion, you will have to attack a little more,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
