mikesiva wrote:Gill played a very mature unbeaten half century in the final innings.
The successor to Pujara?
Was out of form in test matches. Used this series well to get back in form. Second highest run scorer from both teams; Yashasvi being the run topper.
Chet had one weakness in test. Shubman has quite a few to sort in test matches. But Shubman is better that Chet in a way that he is a strokeplayer and can pace up scoring if required. But that stroke playing approach has a huge risk and difference can be between scoring 200 runs and scoring 20-40 odd. Chet was terrific and a heavy runs scorer, he gave up throwing the bat at deliveries that needed to be left alone and he averaged 50 at one point of his career. He would also play such a knock that the shine of ball would wear off and tire out the bowlers making them bowl without giving wickets for many many overs. So Chet may have scored less due to his typical old fashioned test match type batting, but because of his approach those batting with him or following him would be protected or found easy to bat. Chet was silent killer for opponent bowlers and fielders, with similar approach and effect like Rahul Dravid on opponents His 50 would mean opponent had enough. A hundred or 200 from Chet would be too much to cope with. Shubman has not played even a single innings which Chet has played many a times. Also there are few technical things he needs to take care of and determination, technique and shot selection isn't as good as Chet showed in tests. There is potential as Shubman has other positive attributes, but it is too early to comment whether he can be as effective as Chet was in test matches. He needs the first 150+ scores and once he gets past it, he needs a 200+ score to raise expectations of being the next Chet. However, he is just 24 and with experience he may soon start to score big tons and doubles. These 50's and 100-120 scores are not taking him anywhere near to Chet level. Lot of improvement and much better performance is awaited to reach there.
Can he be Chet's successor? I would say there is potential and with some changes and experience he will start scoring big. Not at Chet level yet though.