MELBOURNE MELBOURNE: India assistant coach Abhishek Nair on Thursday defended the omission of Shubman Gill from the Boxing Day Test, saying it was not only in the team's interest to bring Rohit Sharma back to his usual opening slot, but spin all-rounder Washington Sundar There was also a need to add some more strength to the bowling by including.
Gill, who missed the first Test due to a finger injury, scored 31 and 28 in the pink ball Test and looked the most reliable of the Indian batsmen. However, he was out for a duck in Brisbane.
“Yes, Rohit will come up the order and more than likely he will open the innings. That was the thought process. Unfortunately for Gill, the way things progressed, he had to be out,” Nair said at the end of the day's play. Said after.
“I think for a young player in a situation like this, on a big day, he wants to leave his mark. He understands that's what the team needs and it's unfortunate, but I wouldn't say he should be dropped from the team. It is unfortunate that he could not find his place in this game,” said the former Mumbai legend.
He explained in detail why it made sense to play Washington at the MCG instead of Gill.
“When a lot of decisions are taken and there is a process to take them, there is always communication and there is transparency. It is quite clear that we felt in these circumstances that given the pitch, having Washer in the bowling attack would give us that diversity. Will get, especially towards the end when the ball gets old,” he said.
“After 50 overs, we felt this was an area we needed to be better in. We felt Washery could provide us some solidity with Jaddu (Ravindra Jadeja), especially with the way Travis Head and Alex Carey were batting down the order. We were scoring runs. So, we thought having an officer in the ranks would give us that.”
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