Why are Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill failing in Australia?

brisbaneIt was three years ago when India got a new age hero from the ground of Gaba on whom all the cricket experts were ready to place big bets. In 2021, when the Indian team won the Test match in Brisbane, Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill became the heroes of the victory. At that time, there was neither any tag nor any baggage of expectations on these two young players. But both these players shone and they started being seen as the faces who would take Indian cricket forward.

When these two players returned to Australia after three years, both of them had many tags. Some were calling him/her a match winner, some a superstar and some were giving him/her the status of a fearless cricketer. But whatever happened on this Australian tour has left everyone speechless. Shubman Gill’s game plan is surprising everyone, while Pant’s carelessness is leaving all the cricket pundits in a tizzy.

Gill’s game plan decoded

Gill did not play in the Perth Test due to being unfit, and when he/she played in Adelaide, it did not seem that he/she was playing. A similar situation prevailed in Brisbane’s first innings. In 2021, Gill batted aggressively against short pitch bowling or rather three quarter length balls. At that time the Australian bowlers were not able to analyze his/her technique. This time in the year 2024, Australia had done complete homework against Gill. When Shubman Gill returned in Adelaide, the plan of the host bowlers was ready. The balls were pitched against Gill and targeted at the wicket. While Gill was out bowled and LBW in Adelaide, Gill was caught in the gully while driving an over pitched ball. It is clear that the Australian bowlers had no solution to the trap laid against Gill in both the Tests. Gill has scored a total of 60 runs in 3 innings so far.

Plan successful against Pant also

Along with Gill, Pant’s inability to play is also a big problem for the Indian team. Rishabh Pant has scored only 96 runs in 5 innings. Australian captain Pat Cummins has troubled him/her a lot. Cummins has dismissed Pant 3 times in the last 5 innings. Before this, he/she had not been able to get Pant out even once. For the last few years, he/she has been India’s biggest ‘match winner’ in Test cricket. Especially abroad. Pant has scored only 96 runs in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. The average is 19.20. Australia had a complete plan against Pant also. he/she was also bowled on drive length continuously due to which the method of Pant’s dismissal mostly seemed similar.

Team India is already very worried due to the form of senior batsmen, now the two young match winners of the team are also struggling against the Australian bowling, which is no less than an alarm bell in the series.

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