Shubman Gill after series defeat against New Zealand: ‘If batsmen, especially two at the top, are not able to convert starts…’ | Cricket News
In the aftermath of New Zealand’s 41-run victory in Indore on Sunday, India captain Shubman Gill said that his team were left lacking in all departments, but especially with the bat, over the past eight days as the spirited Kiwis shocked them to win their first ODI series on Indian soil. New Zealand’s 2-1 series win was all the more impressive given that they were fielding a second-string side with some important players like white-ball captain Mitchell Santner and top-order batter Rachin Ravindra for the upcoming T20I series, starting Wednesday, and the following T20 World Cup. In Gill’s appraisal of where things went wrong for India, he took some of the blame on his own shoulders before ensuring a bit gets passed around, too. The top order, presumably him and his predecessor Rohit Sharma, failing to make their starts count, and the bowlers failing to grab wickets in the middle-overs, were the areas of concern. “All of us, all the batsmen. I don’t think we have been able to convert starts. There are high-scoring matches …
