Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate has given full backing to Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav, insisting there is “absolute faith” in the camp that the out-of-form batting stars will rediscover their touch ahead of the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SIGN UP NOW!In the opening two matches of the ongoing T20I series against South Africa, Gill and captain Suryakumar combined for just 21 runs. Both players are now more than a year removed from their last T20I fifty – a drought that would normally ring alarm bells this close to a global tournament. But India, Ten Doeschate pointed out, is not panicking.
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Gill suffered his first dismissal during India’s defeat in New Chandigarh on Thursday as South Africa leveled the five-match series at 1-1. Suryakumar fared a little better, managing just five balls off four.Still, Ten Doeschate was quick to defend the pair.“I saw some good signs of a change in mentality (from Gill) at the end of that Australian tour,” he said, pointing to an away series in November that offered glimpses of a shift in Gill’s approach.
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He added vital context to the young opener’s recent failures. “Two dismissals in this series… in the first game we asked the guys to go out there and attack the Powerplay but it wasn’t a great wicket in Cuttack so I’ll leave him. And I thought he had a good ball today, which can happen when you’re out of form.”That Doeschate underlined India’s unwavering faith in Gill’s pedigree. “Also, we know that class. If you look at his IPL record where he has accumulated 700 runs, 600 runs, 800 runs, 600 runs. We believe in his class and we believe he will be good.”The assistant coach echoed Suryakumar and backed the skipper to thrive with the added responsibility of the T20 World Cup.“It’s exactly the same with Surya… I think that’s how you support quality players and quality leaders and good ones will come,” he said. “From the outside, I understand that it looks like concern, but I have absolute confidence that both of them will come in time for us.
