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IND vs SA: Questions have been raised regarding the batting of Gill and Surya against South Africa. Meanwhile, the assistant coach has supported them and said that both the batsmen will soon be seen doing great form on the field.
IND vs SA: After the Indian team’s bad defeat in the second T20 match against South Africa, many questions are being raised regarding the form of captain Suryakumar Yadav and vice-captain Shubman Gill. However, meanwhile, team assistant coach Ryan Ten Doeschate has strongly defended both the players. He clearly said that the team is not feeling any kind of threat because of these two batsmen and both these batsmen will soon be seen coming back to their form on the field.
Attacking batting should be done in powerplay.
In the match played in Mullanpur, Suryakumar was out after scoring five runs and Shubhman Gill was out after scoring zero runs. Keeping in mind the form of both of them, it is being considered a big concern before the T20 World Cup 2026, but the assistant coach said regarding the form of both of them that there is nothing to worry about, both of them will once again be seen batting brilliantly on the field. Ten Deschate said that there is no need to give too much importance to the failure of the last two matches. Defending Gill’s batting, he said that in the first match we had told the players to bat strongly in the powerplay. Also, the pitch of Cuttack was not very special for batting, so I will ignore this inning of his. Whereas, in the second match, Lungi Ngidi has dismissed Gill.
The assistant coach gave this answer
Deshkate further said that Shubman Gill is continuously working on changing the mentality and its results will be seen soon. At the same time, Suryakumar Yadav has played 26 innings before the T-20 World Cup and in that he has scored 431 runs at an average of 18.73. At the same time, after returning to T-20 in 2025, he has scored 263 runs in 14 innings and that too without the help of any half-century. Despite Surya’s poor form, Deshkate said that these form numbers can be ignored because the potential of the players is much higher than this. Deshkate also admitted that after taking over the captaincy against England, the responsibility on Gill has increased a lot and he is thinking more and its effect is being seen on his batting as well. At the same time, at the backend of the Australian tour, we were discussing that he would have to free himself.
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