Krishnamachari Srikkanth called Shubman Gill overrated, told why he should be dropped from the team

A member of the 1983 ODI World Cup-winning team, Former Indian cricketer Krishnamachari Srikkanth has lashed out at Shubman Gill for his underwhelming performance in the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-2025. Terming Shubman Gill as a 'highly overrated cricketer', he questioned the selection committee's decision to continuously include him in the Indian team despite his prolonged poor form outside Asia.

Srikkanth also said he was shocked by the reluctance of the Indian team to consider other options. He compared the long rope given to Gill with that of Suryakumar Yadav, who, after playing the solitary Test against Australia in Nagpur in February 2023, has played in limited-overs formats. He said Suryakumar did not start well initially in Tests; he got his technique and is capable too but now selectors or management bound him to white-ball cricket only.

The former cricketer said Shubman Gill is still standing because he gets ten chances. He scores runs on the 10th chance after nine failures. That is why he is getting 10 more chances to succeed. Anyone can score runs on Indian wickets. The challenge is to score runs in SENA countries outside home and this is where players like KL Rahul pass the test.