Veteran England spinner Monty Panesar shared his views on young India batting sensation Shubman Gill and opened up on how he approaches his innings by simplifying his game. Shubman has been a rising star in world cricket at the moment and is ranked number 2 in the ICC ODI batting charts. The young opener has been in cracking form in ODIs amassing 1230 runs from 20 matches at an average of 72.35 in 2023.
Panesar hailed Shubman and dissected how he manages to place the ball everywhere around the ground easily.
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“I think he’s the type of cricketer who finds it easy to simplify his game. You can see it in the way he bats. He has a few trigger movements. And then he just places the ball everywhere because he trusts his hand, his balance and his footwork,” Panesar told PTI.
Meanwhile, the former English spinner also compared the 23-year-old to the likes of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli
“He’s more of Rohit Sharma than Virat Kohli. But it will all depend on how he responds to the pressure over the next seven weeks or so,” he added.
Panesar also cautioned Ravichandran Ashwin to use his abundant variations judiciously to make a bigger impact.
The veteran off-spinner made last-minute entry to India’s ODI World Cup squad in place of injured Axar Patel, and now he might pip pacer Shardul Thakur for a place in the eleven.
India will start their campaign in the quadrennial big bash on Sunday against Australia.
“Ashwin is an aggressive bowler. He can change angles, taking the ball away from left-handers and bowling from around the wicket to the right-handers. But hopefully, he will not get too technical with his bowling and over-analyse,” Panesar, a left-arm spinner of repute himself, told PTI.
“He needs to keep his game simple because he’s got so much variation — off-spinner, carrom ball, reverse carrom ball. He’s just got to know when to use them at the right time,” he said.
Panesar, who played 50 Tests and 26 ODIs for England, also has a piece of advice for spinners to make their presence felt in the quadrennial extravaganza.
“You have to be strategic in your lines and lengths. You want the spinners to be bowling to get the batsmen to hit in front of square rather than getting them to play cut or pull. To do that, you’ve got to give the ball flight.
“But I think in India you have to go full rather than short. You also got to go with a bit of a pace on the ball, that’s the first protocol along with being full. It is not like a T20 game where we’ve got only four overs, here you’ve got 60 balls, so look to attack,” he added.
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