Shubman Gill can adapt to any format, T20 not just about big hitting: Harbhajan Singh
Furthermore, he also backed Gill to continue his rich form and dominate T20Is as well."Yes, we do have players like Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, and Tilak Varma, but you cannot undermine or underestimate Shubman Gill. He is a very talented batter who can adapt to any format. He is an all-format player. In my opinion, he can play T20s and even dominate the format. We as fans are used to seeing fours and sixes every ball, but you also need batters who can play long innings and rescue the team when required,' he said.Gill has played 21 T20Is so far and scored 578 runs at an average of 30.42 and a strike rate of 139.27 with one hundred and three fifties. The 25-year-old scored also features in the elite list of Indians to have scored centuries in all three formats of the game.He also had a brilliant IPL 2025 season having scored 650 runs from 15 innings at an average of 50 and a strike rate of 155.87 with six fifties to his name. Having proved himself on the recent tour of Australia, it remains to be seen if Gill will get the backing of the team management to make T20I comeback.- EndsMust Watch
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