Prominent youngster and vice-captain of the Indian Cricket team, Shubman Gill in his recent press conference was seen angry as many believe that the reporters had opened up previous wounds regarding the Gavaskar Trophy loss to Australia. To know more read below.
India has won the T20 series against England and now the ODI series is to start on 6th February. While the (BGT) Border Gavaskar Trophy is long over, still many players are being criticized for their performance which was not up to the mark. These include captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, and many more.
Shubman Defending the Indian Team:
During the recent press conference, when reports were bombarding Gill with questions regarding their loss against the Mighty Australia in the BGT trophy finals. During the Conference, Shubman stated that let’s focus on the future now and he also stated that “A bad series cannot define a team”.
This statement from Gill further proved that he is a really mature player despite his age and it was right to give him the vice-captaincy role.
Consistently performed well in the past:
Gill also stated that it is really unfair to criticize a team that had a poor performance after such a long time. He also stated that it was bad luck after all that led to the Indian team losing. He also reasoned Bumrah’s absence due to injury as a reason for this unexpected loss.
He also pointed out that India, who held the trophy for the last decade could have retained the trophy once more if they had won 1 more match against Australia.
Focus On the Champions Trophy:
Gill also pointed out that let bygones be bygones and now the Indian team is focusing on the Champions Trophy as it hopes to bring the trophy to India. It is believed that all the mistakes of the Indian Trophy during the Gavaskar Trophy would be forgotten if India were to bring the Champions Trophy held in Pakistan and UAE home.
Squad for the Champions Trophy:
As the Champions Trophy is about to start soon, here is the /squad for the Champions Trophy:
Rohit Sharma ( captain)
Shubhman Gill (Vice-Captain)
Virat Kohli
Shreyas Iyer
K.L Rahul
Hardik Pandya
Axar Patel
Washington Sunder
Kuldeep Yadav
Jasprit Bumrah
Mohd. Shami
Arshdeep Singh
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Rishabh Pant
Ravindra Jadeja
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