The younger India opener after the match revealed that to be able to regain his kind, he went again to the fundamentals and adopted the ‘outdated template’.
Gill was dismissed at 3, 7, and 6 within the first three T20Is however within the must-win recreation, the 23-year-old stepped up as India brushed apart West Indies by 9 wickets to degree collection 2-2.
“In the first three matches, I could not even score 10, today (the) wicket was a bit better, so wanted to capitalise. Then when I got a good start, we just wanted to finish it,” Gill stated in a dialog with Punjab pacer and team-mate Arshdeep Singh after the fourth T20I.
“T20 format is like that. When you have 3-4 matches where a good shot is caught by the fielder, and you are eyeing quick runs, you don’t have time to think much…
“It’s essential to go to your fundamentals. You simply have a look at what your template was if you had been persistently scoring runs.
“You have to identify whether you are making any mistake. I felt I wasn’t making a mistake in any of the three matches. But I couldn’t convert my starts,” he added.
Left-arm pacer Arshdeep claimed 3/38, whereas left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav (2/26) was the following finest as India restricted the West Indies to 178/8.
In reply, Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal had been off to a flier to place collectively 165-run opening partnership.
The win levelled the five-match collection 2-2 with India taking it to the decider slated afterward Sunday.
(With inputs from PTI)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com