IND vs AUS: ‘Better than out-of-form KL Rahul Shubman Gill’, India opener trolled for poor performance in Indore Test

IND vs AUS:  India’s young batting sensation Shubman Gill replaced former vice-captain KL Rahul for the third Test against Australia in the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. The right-handed opener failed to make the same impact as the other Indian batsmen, but the spotlight was on him as he replaced Rahul. Gill failed to take advantage of the opportunity and was dismissed for low scores in both innings for Team India.

Gill gave away his wicket cheaply in the second innings when he hit a walk out of the park out of his crease, but was trapped by Nathan Lyon instead. He missed the lineup completely and the ball went between his bat and pad and rattled his stumps. He was able to score only 21 runs in the first innings.

Fans on social media were not impressed with the way Shubman Gill handled the occasion in the third Test against Australia. (Read: Virat Kohli angry at himself after being dismissed in the second innings of the third Test – watch)

Check out  IND vs AUS the reactions here:

 

Shikhar Shubman Gill is worse than out of form KL Rahul. #INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/NvUVcyAR2X– Kunal Yadav (@kunalyaadav) March 2, 2023

 

#Shubman Gill Felt like he was playing T20 or ODI pic.twitter.com/ySi6C222r2– Hemant Kumar (@hemanthkumar_62) March 2, 2023

 

Shubman Gill in Test matches played in India:

11 innings
198 runs
19.8 average
2 50s
0 100s

#Shubman Gill #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/lX8ox9YCEx– 12th player (@12th_player) March 2, 2023

 

Both KL Rahul and Shubman Gill have been disappointing openers in the series so far. I suggest we go with Hindenburg for the fourth test. They know how to ‘open’ all the secret scams.

— Pranay Loya (@pranayloya) March 2, 2023

 

kl rahul is better then #Shubman Gill I agree with this position, we all support KL Rahul to stay strong pic.twitter.com/sidMX47E8o— Venkateswarlu Mallela (@Venkate54007491) March 2, 2023

 

Captain who has scored only one century in 3 Tests could not do anything #Virat Kohli knows how much he scored in a test match but #KL Rahul was playing better than #Shubman Gill If at least he used to open well when he lost the match, then the top batsman should take responsibility for it.#INDvAUS— Saurabh Moon (@Saurabhmoon19) March 2, 2023

 

@Shubman Gill Irresponsible batting in the second innings wasted the opportunity he got. — Baburajendra Joshi (@baburajendraje) March 2, 2023

Coming into the match, Australian spinner Nathan Lyon took his second eight-wicket haul in Test cricket to bowl India out for 169 and put Australia on the brink of victory.

For India, Pujara struck a much-needed 59 off 142 balls on a difficult pitch in the second innings through his precise footwork and judicious shot selection. The rest of the batsmen including Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and Ravichandran Ashwin could not walk.

In the morning, Australia took an 88-run lead as Umesh Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin took 3/12 and 3/44 respectively in the first session to bowl the visitors out for 197.