India are behind the 8th ball in the ongoing IND vs ENG 4th Test in Manchester. Shubman Gill’s captaincy has come under the scanner, with the Men in Blue staring at a series defeat. Former India head coach Ravi Shastri and Stuart Broad were critical of Gill’s use of Sundar in the ongoing Manchester test.
Trust your spinners more: Ravi Shastri to Shubman Gill
England resumed at 225/2 and cruised comfortably in the first session, with Joe Root and Ollie Pope both in full control. The duo smashed fifties as Gill stuck his pacers with Washington Sundar coming onto bowl only after 68 overs.
Speaking at the break, Ravi Shastri urged Gill to trust his spinners and hand them longer spells.
“I said on my first commentary stint that Gill has to trust his spinners more. Washington gave him four [second-innings] wickets in the last game. He opened things up for India in the last Test at Lord’s. He’s confident, so give him a go. Spinners like longer spells. On a day like this you’d expect your spinner to accept responsibility, feel accountable and to go out there and do a job,” Shastri said.
Stuart Broad echoed Ravi Shastri’s call and was bewildered by Gill’s tactics in Manchester. The England legend believed that the Indian captain’s decision would have taken ‘momentum away’ from Sundar who got 4 wickets at Lord’s.
“All around Old Trafford, everybody had been saying, ‘Where is Washington Sundar, why are we not seeing him?’ They were 300/2 and we hadn’t seen the off-spinner, he got four wickets in the first innings at Lord’s, I was really surprised, it was a mistake by Shubman Gill to not bring [him] in the game,” Broad said.
“Your confidence is high when you’ve got four wickets, then you wait for 60 overs to get introduced to the bowling attack. It just takes the momentum away from you personally. I don’t think they should’ve delayed his introduction as much as they did,” he added.
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