Former India opener turned commentator Virender Sehwag was critical of Gujarat Titans (GT) captain Shubman Gill’s decision-making during their match against the Punjab Kings (PBKS) as well. The 2022 IPL Champions lost by 11 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad as well. All of GT’s bowlers, barring Sai Kishore, finished with an economy rate of over 10, where the pace trio of Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada, and Prasidh Krishna was ineffective, as well.

“I thought that Shubman Gill’s captaincy was not up to the mark, he was not ready, he was not proactive. When Siraj was bowling well, he brought on Arshad Khan, who I think conceded 21 runs in the powerplay, and that over changed the momentum. If Siraj is bowling well with the new ball, there is no point holding him back for the death overs, and you see he also got hit in the end,” Sehwag said on Cricbuzz. “A captain should have the proactive-ness to know that if one of his bowlers is doing well, he should have an extended spell.”

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However, Shubman Gill cited poor fielding and the phase between the 16th and 18th over as the reasons behind their defeat as well. GT could only manage 15 runs during the three-over, which could also see the impact player Vijaykumar Vyshak’s introduction as well.

“We got our chances when we were bowling and batting. Conceded too many runs at the back end, we let ourselves down with the fielding. Too many misfields and dropped catches. Matter of chases in such games. Those three overs in the middle we scored around 18 runs. We didn’t score as many in the first three overs. That cost us the game,” Shubman Gill said during the post-match presentation (via Cricbuzz).