India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak highlighted Shubman Gill’s hunger to score big, calling the skipper’s unbeaten 233 against the West Indies here on Wednesday “one of the best innings” he had seen in ODI cricket.
“We always talk about the set batter finishing the game. That hunger is important to play an innings like this. “It was extremely humid.
Even during the warm-up, we were out there for 45 minutes and were completely wet.
We fielded for four hours, and then to bat the way Gill did was just unbelievable,” he said after the match. Virat (Kohli) did it in the last match, and today Gill did it with Ruturaj (Gaikwad) alongside him.
Normally, after getting to 100, you see batters get out. But when Gill was around 110-115, I felt he could probably get to 200. Sometimes, I wonder how in the 1983 World Cup, 183 in 60 overs was a lot, and today even 400 doesn’t seem enough.
“I feel that hunger is very important for a player. “There will be difficult wickets in one-day cricket, and different venues will offer different conditions. Hopefully, by then, we’ll be prepared. Is it only the wickets, or is the standard of batting also going up? It’s debatable.
Asked if it was a concern that the team had not been getting enough exposure to difficult conditions ahead of next year’s World Cup, he said: “As far as preparation is concerned, we’ll be playing five games in New Zealand. West Indies bowling coach Ravi Rampaul said India “played well in the PowerPlay” and put his team “on the back foot. He added that the focus was on restoring “belief” among the bowlers.