“My performance in the T20Is before the World Cup this year was not the way I expected it to be,” said Gill before the series opener against Sri Lanka in Pallekele. “Hopefully, going forward, in the next cycle – I think we play 30-40 T20Is [before the next T20 World Cup] – I can improve my performance when it comes to hitting, too [we can improve] as a team.”
Gill was a reserve player and not part of the team that recently won the 2024 T20 World Cup in the USA and West Indies, where India opened with Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. With both senior batsmen having retired from T20Is, Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal, who opened the World Cup opener, are now India’s first choice at the top of the order.
“We really enjoy batting with each other. Especially the kind of shots we play, we complement each other,” said Gill on his partnership with Jaiswal. “Being a left-arm combination, we have had good partnerships in any T20Is we have played before; two relationships have been 150-plus. [too]. So we have a great understanding and connection between us, and I enjoy playing with him.”
“We’ve only had two sessions together, and it’s my first time working with him,” Gill said of Gambhir the coach. “But whatever he told me on these two occasions, his intention and communication is very clear – he knows what he wants from any player, and what he thinks will work for each player.”
India play three T20Is against Sri Lanka in Pallekele on July 27, 28 and 30, followed by three ODIs in Colombo on August 2, 4 and 7.
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