India vs Australia 5th Test: The fifth and final Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia was played in Sydney, which the host team won by 6 wickets. In this match which ended within three days, India had given a target of only 162 runs to Australia, which the Kangaroos achieved by losing four wickets. With this victory, Australia won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after 10 years and also entered the WTC final. Here who was the villain for India in this match?
Shubman Gill was the biggest responsible for India’s defeat. Gill was brought in this test match by dropping captain Rohit Sharma. In such a situation, there were huge expectations from him, but Gill disappointed everyone. Gill scored 20 runs in the first innings and only 13 runs in the second innings. Even worse was the manner of his dismissal. In both the innings, Gill was out after playing irresponsible shots.
Especially, if we talk about the second innings, India had lost three wickets for just 59 runs. Now Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill were at the crease. Pant started counter attack. In such a situation, Gill should have played carefully. Pant was batting in T20 style. It was only the second day of the match. Gill should have shown restraint at one end and just given strikes to Pant. Meaning, Gill’s role should have been to save the wicket at one end, but he acted contrary to the situation.
Even after the condition of the team worsened, Gill did not take responsibility and was caught out while trying to play a big shot on the ball of Beau Webster. If Gill had shown patience and supported Pant, the score could have easily gone up to 250. Gill should have remained a rock at only one end and should have played proper test batting, but he failed to do so.
