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India’s vice-captain Shubman Gill on Tuesday defended their efficiency within the Take a look at rubber loss in Australia, saying that one poor collection doesn’t outline a staff and that it’s unfair to criticise a aspect after a uncommon dangerous outing. India suffered a 1-3 defeat within the five-match collection in Australia, bringing to an finish their decade-long dominance within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Gill additionally spoke on being made vice-captain, and the way he may affect the management group of the staff. Key gamers equivalent to Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, and Gill himself at the moment are set to return for the three-match ODI collection towards England earlier than heading to Dubai for the all-important ICC Champions Trophy.
Gill has been made part of the management group, and on taking on the extra accountability of being a vice-captain, he stated “I take it as a challenge to lead my way, firstly with my performance and then definitely in the field if Rohit bhai would want my opinions. It’s my duty to let him know what my thoughts are.”
“One series does not define the form of the whole team. There are a lot of players who, in the past, have performed consistently in a lot of series and tournaments,” Gill informed reporters right here forward of the primary ODI towards England.
“Definitely, we did not play as per our expectations in the Australian series, but still we played some good cricket. We were unfortunate not to have (Jasprit) Bumrah on the last day and we would have won the match and the series would have been a draw and this talk wouldn’t have happened.
“One match and in the future does not outline us, we received there twice earlier than and earlier received a World Cup after which reached the ultimate of a World Cup, so we must always maintain all these issues in thoughts.” Earlier than the reverse in Australia, India have been additionally whitewashed 3-0 by New Zealand at house, unprecedented within the nation’s cricket historical past.
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