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Team India captain Shubman Gill looked tentative while India were chasing 193 to win on Day 4 of the Lord's Test against England.
According to former India player Sanjay Manjrekar, Gill’s on-field confrontation with England opener Zak Crawley in the end of Day 3 of the Lord’s Test might have had an effect on his batting in the 4th innings.
" When Gill came into bat on Day 4, I expected England to give him back because he lost his temper. And all that is ok, it happens. But the thing with Virat Kohli was that he would get even more fired up and become a better batter. What disappointed me with Shubman Gill and that is why I was wondering, where is Shubman Gill heading? Because that seemed like it didn’t have the right effect on Shubman Gill the batter. He came out looking very tentative and, you know, these days we are privy to the stump mic and we could hear the things being said and there were some personal attacks made," said Manjrekar in a recent interaction.
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"This could be a new experience for Shubman Gill because these days, as you can see, you know, with Indian players, there’s mostly friendly reception from a lot of foreign teams. So this was new territory. And he looked tentative and wasn’t up for it and we saw it pan out in the way he batted. But these were good deliveries which he has negotiated beautifully through his marathon run as a batter through the series and suddenly he was missing those balls. There was a review situation as well. Next ball, there was a leg before. Going through Shubman Gill’s defence has been hard work. He has hardly missed a ball, the control percentage has been brilliant and suddenly in about nine deliveries, he has missed four and I have no doubt there is a connection there," he added.
