Followed old template to return to form: Shubman Gill | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: After three back-to-back single-digit scores, Shubman Gill on Saturday dazzled with a breathtaking 47-ball 77 in India’s crushing win over West Indies in the fourth T20I in Lauderhill.

The young India opener after the match revealed that in order to regain his form, he went back to the basics and followed the ‘old template’.
Gill was dismissed at 3, 7, and 6 in the first three T20Is but in the must-win game, the 23-year-old stepped up as India brushed aside West Indies by nine wickets to level series 2-2.

“In the first three matches, I could not even score 10, today (the) wicket was a bit better, so wanted to capitalise. Then when I got a good start, we just wanted to finish it,” Gill said in a conversation with Punjab pacer and team-mate Arshdeep Singh after the fourth T20I.

“T20 format is like that. When you have 3-4 matches where a good shot is caught by the fielder, and you are eyeing quick runs, you don’t have time to think much…
“It’s important to go to your basics. You just look at what your template was when you were consistently scoring runs.

“You have to identify whether you are making any mistake. I felt I wasn’t making a mistake in any of the three matches. But I couldn’t convert my starts,” he added.
Left-arm pacer Arshdeep claimed 3/38, while left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav (2/26) was the next best as India restricted the West Indies to 178/8.
In reply, Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal were off to a flier to put together 165-run opening partnership.
The win levelled the five-match series 2-2 with India taking it to the decider slated later on Sunday.
(With inputs from PTI)