Former Indian batting coach Sanjay Bangar hailed Shubman Gill’s captaincy after India registered a 2-0 win against the West Indies. The home team won the second Test match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi on Tuesday by seven wickets.
Gill led from the front as he scored 129 runs in the first innings at Delhi. Furthermore, the youngster scored a fine fifty in the opening Test at Ahmedabad. The right-hander scored 192 runs in two Test matches at an impressive average of 96. This was Gill’s maiden series win as a Test captain.
Meanwhile, Bangar said he was impressed that India was ready to grind it out on a slow pitch in Delhi.
“I liked two things a lot, which should also be done. He decided to play on such a pitch. The team management, especially the coach and captain, has a slight say as to what sort of surface they would play on. They played on good batting surfaces, due to which the Indian batters got a chance to score five centuries,” Sanjay Bangar said on Star Sports show Follow the Blues.
“They will have confidence in their abilities because of that. That proves hugely beneficial in overseas Test matches because you want your sack of runs to be filled when you play overseas Tests as you don’t know what sort of conditions you will get in overseas Test matches,” Bangar observed.
On the other hand, former Indian all-rounder added that Shubman Gill and Co. decided to play Nitish Kumar Reddy while keeping the future in mind.
“Secondly, while playing this Test, the focus was also on the Test matches against New Zealand to be played after eight months. Because of that, they played Nitish Reddy as well. Being in the present, you have to pay a little attention to the future when you are in a leadership position. I believe the decisions Shubman Gill took were excellent,” he said.
Bangar said Gill impressed him with the way he rotated his bowlers in the two home Test matches against the Windies.
“The way he rotated Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, and the three spinners when they had to bowl for nearly 400 runs in the West Indies’ second innings, I saw excellent changes. He got Bumrah and Siraj to bowl at the right time. The changes he made to use the ends for Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar were also exceptional,” Bangar elaborated.
India will next take on Australia in a three-match ODI ser
