"He will find it difficult to find his rhythm"- Aakash Chopra believes Shubman Gill needs to change his batting technique to get more success

Former India batter Aakash Chopra feels India's young batting sensation Shubman Gill needs to make a few technical adjustments in his game to succeed on slow pitches. Gill has been found lacking in India's current multi-format series against West Indies. He has struggled most in T20Is, accumulating only 16 runs in three innings.

With the World Cup just a few months away, the 23-year-old batter will need to find his form to make it to the 15-men squad for the marquee event. The batter tends to play on the rise and through the line. The 45-year old said, that such a technique can come unstuck on slightly double-paced pitches where the bounce is a little unreliable, the ball turns a little more and gets stuck on the wicket.

When the pitches are slightly slow, he will find it difficult to find his rhythm: Aakash Chopra

Chopra mentioned Gill's poor performance following IPL 2023 in a video posted on his YouTube channel. He believes the fashionable batter will struggle on sluggish surfaces, explaining, "At this point in time, the problem is with Shubman Gill's form. During the IPL, I read in many places that he is no longer the prince but the king. But after that, there was the WTC final, he didn't score too many runs there, played two Test matches against the West Indies, didn't score runs there."

The former Indian opener added, "Then he played three ODIs, where he scored one half-century and a score of 34. He has single-digit scores in all three T20Is. It seems like he hasn't scored runs at all on this West Indies tour. I feel there is one thing with him for sure - when the pitches are slightly slow, he will find it difficult to find his rhythm."

He believes Shubman Gill needs to be more consistent as an opener. He stated, "He will have to look into this because whenever you play as an opener, especially in white-ball cricket, you will be scrutinized the most. You will have the best opportunity to score runs but will be scrutinized the most as well. It gets highlighted very quickly when you don't score runs."