Kanpur: Indian batsman Shubman Gill was full of praise for New Zealand pacemaker Kyle Jamieson’s evil in-dopper who broke through his defense, admitting he could not read the delivery as he did not expect reverse swing just after lunch on the opening day of the first Test here.
Gill, who scored 52, looked good before Jamieson got one to curl back and it bowled the Indian opening lock, cattle and barrel during the post-meal session. “I think he (Jamieson) bowled pretty well today, especially in the first game, he bowled pretty good areas for me and after lunch the whole game he bowled was off the top shelves,” Gill said after the end of said the day’s game.
The problem with his dismissal was early reverse swing, according to Gill as the ball was only 30 overs old. “Sometimes it’s hard to start knowing when to swing backwards and especially after I came back from lunch, I did not expect the ball to turn around so early in the game,” Gill was honest in his admission.
“It’s the thing about Test cricket, you have to read the conditions quickly. In this particular innings, I could not read that ball well, because I did not expect the ball to turn over. ”
On the day, he handled New Zealand’s spin-off duo of Ajaz Patel and Will Somerville with ease and he attributed it to Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the nets. “If you already play two of the best spinners in nets, especially in India, it does help, because if you try to negotiate them, you have a much better chance of going into the middle of the game and winning that crucial try to handle. periods. ”
He was all praise for Shreyas Iyer for dealing with a difficult situation after India lost three wickets in the post-dinner session. As for his own batting, what he liked was playing in front of fans, who were kept out of stadiums for a long time due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Source: Telangana Today