The former World Cup winning player Gautam Gambhir was left unimpressed with the way Team India and in particular Ishan Kishan handled spin in the 2nd T20I against New Zealand. On a pitch that favoured spinners India took 19.5 overs to chase the target of 100 runs.
Most of the Indian batters were clueless against the spin and this has made Gautam Gambhir issue a stern warning to the young Indian cricketers. Gambhir was stunned by India’s meek approach and citicises them for the same.
“It’s not only one chink in his armour. Indian unit as a batting unit has struggled against spin. Just the ability to not be able to manoeuvre..it’s easy to hit those big sixes but the ability to rotate strikes consistently. And there was enough purchase for spinners as well. It was pretty much evident when you got Michael Bracewell against Ishan Kishan,” Gautam Gambhir said about Kishan and Team India.
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He further added, “I think these young players need to learn quickly how to rotate strike because, on a wicket like this, it’s not gonna be easy to go down the ground and hit those big sixes. It’s a surprise because of the way he batted in Bangladesh after scoring that double-hundred. He has struggled after that, everyone thought his graph will start growing up with the kind of innings he has played.”
Gambhir then continued lamenting on Kishan’s performance and finished his talk with, “He still has to work a lot against playing spin because people will use a lot of spin against him in the first 6 overs. Because he still manages to play fast bowling very well. The sooner he improves against spin, the better it’s gonna be for him, especially in the T20 format.”