The Beauty of Cricket : Shubman Gill’s backfoot play

The fifth day of the Gabba test. Michelle Stark, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood are not giving up a single point. Not delivery, as if one fireball was coming at a speed of 150 kilometers per hour. It was clear that the Aussie pacers were aiming at the bodies of two Indian batsmen, Shubhman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara. The brave warrior Pujara dealt with one blow after another, not once or twice but 11 times. Cummin's bouncer hit on the helmet. With the exception of another bouncer, this time the neck protector fell off. The bowler is Josh Hazelwood. It seemed like it was the turning point of the match. The injury was then evident in Pujara's gaze. Throwing the bat, he took off his helmet and sat down on the field. At this time anyone gives up, but he is a worshiper. He does not have the education to give up in the middle. He will not give his life without war.

At the other end, Gill handled these deadly shortballs very comfortably. He made 20 runs in one over of starc. The message is clear, if you hit a brick, there will be a risk of digesting the batter. Gill pulled, hooked, cut, punched in the back foot. This skill in Gill's backfoot has been highly praised since his debut in the second Test of the series in Melbourne. The backfoot punch is his signature shot. Looks like he's getting a little extra time to watch and play the ball. Any shot by Gill in the Upper Cut or Pool - Square of the Wicket seems to have come up from the pages of the cricket dictionary. The contribution of this backfoot is not less in the fact that he has batted with an average of over 50 in the entire series. What is the secret of this success in the backfoot? Gill's first coach is Laxminder Singh. He was not a professional cricketer, but his cricketing knowledge was no less than that of any famous cricket coach of the time. "Shubhaman has been interested in cricket since his young age," he said. Even at a very young age, his favorite toy was a plastic cricket bat. Seeing his interest in cricket, I taught him the game of cricket myself. '

Gill grew up in Chak Kher Wala, a small village in Fazilka district of Punjab. Laxminder himself wanted to be a cricketer for a while. However, his big dream of seeing from a small village did not come true. For the same reason, fulfilling this dream was not easy for Shubhgan Gill. Laxminder said, ‘Our village is 300 kilometers away from Mohali. So, we moved to Mohali for him so that he can play cricket. Shubhaman was admitted to Mohali Cricket Academy. Although, Dad didn’t sit down. He continues to adopt various strategies to improve his son's fast bowling skills. Especially when it comes to playing short bowling, the boy has to become perfect - this was his special focus. "He used to play at least 1,500 short balls a day since he was nine," he said. I used a four-legged table. If you put the ball on it, its speed would increase and it would skid. Sometimes I would let him bat with just one stamp, which would make it easier for him to connect the ball to the middle of the bat. Then we gave a lot of time to the mating wicket. This wicket bounces a lot more. It becomes easier to play international cricket on the backfoot when you get used to playing matting wickets. At the same time, Gill got a chance to face the best fast bowlers of Punjab at Mohali Cricket Academy. His father was at home to support him. With these two, today's Gill has been made, he is now on his way to becoming India's biggest asset in international cricket as a young cricketer.