India’s assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate urged fans to trust Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav, saying their low scores in the first two T20Is are not a major concern.
India’s assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate backed Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav despite their combined 21 runs across the first two T20Is against South Africa. He highlighted encouraging signs from Gill during the recent tour of Australia and felt the opener’s two dismissals in this series reflected match conditions rather than technical flaws.
Ten Doeschate also assured the team’s confidence in both players, noting Gill’s strong IPL record, where he regularly scores 700–800 runs a season. He then said the management view Suryakumar with equal trust as planning for upcoming assignments is already well underway.
“Shubman, I saw some good signs of a change in mentality on the back end of that Australian tour. I wouldn’t read too much into these two dismissals in this series. In the first game, we asked the guys to go out there and attack the powerplay, and it wasn’t a great wicket at Cuttack, so I’ll let him off for that one. Today, I thought he got a good ball that can happen when you’re short on form,” stated ten Doeschate, as quoted by India Today.
“But we also know his [Gill’s] class. You look at his IPL record, he stacks up 700–800 runs. We believe in his class and we believe he will come good. It’s exactly the same with Suryakumar. As you mentioned about the leadership roles, we’re quite far down the road now with our planning and how we’ve set the team up. I have absolute faith in both of them coming good at the right time for us,” he added.
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In the series, India’s strong start with 101-run win in Cuttack, slipped in Mullanpur where South Africa levelled the contest with a 51-run win. The decisive third match will take place on December 14 at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala.
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