Not Shubman Gill but Yashasvi Jaiswal should open in Test cricket: Harsha Bhogle

 

Harsha Bhogle feels Yashasvi Jaiswal should open with Rohit Sharma in Test cricket. He wants Shubman Gill to bat at the No.3 batting slot.

Yashasvi has been included in Team India’s squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against the West Indies.

“I have had this feeling, an instinct more than anything else, that Gill’s eventual home in test cricket will be at no 3. It will be interesting if he plays there in the West Indies with Jaiswal at the top,” he wrote.

Bhogle is not ready to bid adieu to Cheteshwar Pujara, who has been dropped after failing against Australia in the World Test Championship final at The Oval.

“It has been a fabulous career, he was at the heart of the two great series wins in Australia in 2018/21, but I am not writing a Pujara obit yet. We almost wrote one for Rahane and he was India’s best batter in the WTC final. And is now the vice-captain. But yes, the Pujara decision means the lens will be on an under-performing batting side.”