Gill and Shaw were teammates in the U-19 level when India won the World Cup in 2018 in New Zealand.
, especially when it came to facing spin, which was evident on the first 2 days of the match in Mumbai. Doull, while talking to JioCinema, said that it was impressive to see Gill make such a change in between the series. The former New Zealand pacer said that when he had seen Gill in 2018, he knew that the star batter would surpass Shaw as the latter had technical flaws at that time.
"When you think about a young man with the ability to change things in the middle of a series, that's what's quite impressive. And I first saw Shubman in the U-19 World Cup in New Zealand and and there was so much chat around Prithvi Shaw at that stage. I made quite a bold statement that Shubman Gill's career would way, way surpass what Prithvi Shaw does because there was some technical flaws in Prithvi Shaw and and Shubman just didn't look like he had technical flaws at that stage," said Doull.
Gill wants big runs and hundreds
Doull went on to say that Gill makes tweaks during a series as he wants to score big runs and hundreds in the Test level. The commentator said that he feels Yashasvi Jaiswal, Gill and Rishabh Pant will be the future of the Indian batting order in the years to come.
"And so I've followed his career all the way since that time. And the impressive thing about him for me is that he's able to change things, he's able to take in information and process that and has the ability to make those subtle changes. Because I think he just wants to score runs. When I interviewed him he was like I want big runs. I want big hundreds and that's the hunger of the man."
"And I think he wants them at Test level as well. Yes, the white-ball stuff means a lot to him, but he wants runs here. He wants big runs at this level. And you know that can only bode well."
"When you think about Jaiswal Gill and Pant, they are the future of the batting of this side and he's got a huge role to play in years to come. So to make little improvements in between Test matches, absolute class," said Doull.