Team India's star batsman Shubman Gill performed strongly in Test cricket last year. He scored 3 centuries with his bat in 2024 and after Yashasvi Jaiswal, he was the Indian batsman who scored the most runs in this format. Despite this, he was heavily criticized because his bat remained completely silent outside India and he failed in Australia. Now Shubman Gill himself has realized his mistake and has explained why he has not been able to achieve success in Test cricket.

Gill scored a lot of runs in Test cricket last year but most of his runs came in India only. His bat remained silent during the Australia tour and he was even dropped from the Melbourne Test. During this entire series, Gill was seen losing wickets on some occasions after getting a good start, due to which his criticism increased even more. Now Gill has admitted that he was making a mistake due to which he could not get success.

Test cricket form cause for concern

Punjab captain Shubman Gill, who scored a brilliant century in the Ranji Trophy match after returning from Australia, admitted that his game in the longer format is still a matter of concern. While talking to the media after this innings, Gill said, “Red ball batting is a cause for concern. I feel that in the matches I have played with the red ball, I have scored a good 25-30 runs. Maybe at that time I start putting more pressure on myself to make a big score. “I didn’t grow up playing like this.”

Not only this, this right-handed batsman also admitted that he also gets distracted on such occasions. Gill, who has played 32 Test matches for Team India so far, said that sometimes he is in a zone and is batting with a particular intent but as soon as he puts pressure on himself to score a big score, his attention shifts. gets dissolved. Gill said that focus is needed to stay in the game but he loses it at important moments.

Will have to show strength in ODI

Gill's performance in Test cricket has not been as per expectations so far but now he will have a big responsibility in the coming days. From next month, Team India has to play ODI series against England and then Champions Trophy. In this format till now, Gill has scored runs continuously and has been seen batting strongly. In such a situation, Gill and Team India will hope that they do not make Test mistakes in the upcoming matches and score big scores.