‘I think he was unlucky’, Parthiv Patel opens up on Shubman Gill’s dismissal vs Bangladesh 2024 1st Test
New Delhi: India’s former wicketkeeper batter Parthiv Patel put his words on Shubman Gill’s 8-ball duck against Bangladesh in the first innings, as the wicketkeeper batter defended Gill on his poor outing in the first session of the series opener at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on 19th September, Thursday.
Shubman Gill just about looked settled in the no. 3 role in the Test setup after a prolific home series against England. However, he failed to kickstart the crucial red-ball season on a bright note. After coming into bat following Rohit Sharma’s wicket in the sixth over, Hasan Mahmud handed him a good testing time.
Talking about his dismissal, the nature of his wicket left the fans incensed rather than the disappointing score. Shubman Gill tried to flick a delivery well down the leg side but ended up edging it to the wicketkeeper.
As we see that the social media was left raging, Parthiv Patel sympathized with the young batter, remarking that he was unlucky because of an ‘instinctive’ shot.
“I think he was unlucky. When you get out down the leg side, it is a bit of an instinctive shot. His game plan is to stay ahead of the popping crease. He stays almost half ahead of the popping crease,” Parthiv Patel said on Jio Cinema during the Lunch Break on Day 1.”
“He tries to negotiate that swing or seam, which a bowler is getting. But in cricket, we say there are two unluckiest dismissals. One is to get run out at the non-striker and or you get out down the legside and caught behind and that’s exactly what happened with Shubman Gill,” he added.
You don’t really leave that ball. Once you see that ball going down the leg side, your bat instinctively goes there and sometimes you know if you get a slightly better part of the bat, you may get it to a boundary. But otherwise, this time I thought Shubman was unlucky that he got a faint edge,” Parthiv Patel said in the same interaction.