Former Team India cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara observed that going forward, Shubman Gill will have to learn a lot. Talking on Cricinfo, Pujara stated that because of the unnecessary defensive approach, the Sri Lankan batters got the room to settle down on the track.
"If you look at the session between lunch and tea, Shubman Gill was tested as a captain. He went defensive too early, and that's where I think he will have to learn going forward. When you are in a situation where the opposition plays something out of the box, they counter-attack; the Indian team wasn't ready for it; they were a little shocked that Sri Lanka could do that," Cheteshwar Pujara opined.
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"And that's where I think you need to show a little more courage, try and still encourage your bowlers to pick up wickets rather than go too defensive. Because in a Test format, if there is a partnership which is building, you try and break that partnership, and you can't do that just by going too defensive because India had to win that game," he added.
— Cricinfo (@cricinfo) August 27, 2026
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The former cricketer turned cricket expert felt that Shubman Gill's approach could have been proven effective if Sri Lanka opted to go under their shells, instead of launching the counter-attacking style of batting.
"If Sri Lanka had changed their strategy in between rather than just being too attacking, and if they went a little defensive in that situation, then things wouldn't have been in India's favour. Because if you look at the kind of shot Pasindu (Sooriyabandara) played, it wasn't needed at that stage because they were going really well, they were comfortable," Pujara noted.
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