{"id":293042,"date":"2023-03-02T14:05:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T14:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/03\/02\/his-approach-was-right-harbhajan-singh-defends-shubman-gill-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-03-02T14:05:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T14:05:09","slug":"his-approach-was-right-harbhajan-singh-defends-shubman-gill-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/03\/02\/his-approach-was-right-harbhajan-singh-defends-shubman-gill-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;His approach was right&#8217;: Harbhajan Singh defends Shubman Gill | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: <!-- -->Shubman Gill<!-- --> was included in the third Test against Australia in place of out-of-form KL Rahul but the young India opener failed to make any impact with the bat as he scored just 21 and 5 in both innings.<br \/>The Indore pitch saw 30 wickets tumble in the first two days and no India batter managed to put up a fight except <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/cheteshwar-pujara\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Cheteshwar Pujara-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/cheteshwar-pujara\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cheteshwar Pujara<\/a>. <br \/>Gill threw his wicket in the second innings in a bid to go for a big shot but he found support in former India spinner <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/harbhajan-singh\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Harbhajan Singh-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/harbhajan-singh\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harbhajan Singh<\/a> for his approach.<br \/>&#8220;See, the game plan is simple here. You can&#8217;t survive on this pitch with defence. Pujara was using his feet throughout his innings. If you&#8217;re thinking that you can wait out for a spell and score runs later, it won&#8217;t work. Even if you&#8217;re playing on 70-80 on this pitch, you can get out with just one odd delivery,&#8221; Harbhajan said on Star Sports.<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"89cd7e40-66b6-40a1-ac5e-97a2be3f5a9c\" msid=\"98368755\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/42706777.gif\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-98368755,width-600,resizemode-4\/98368755.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;You have to look out for the opportunity to score runs. You need to see where you can get a four. Shubman wanted to go for a six, and when you consider the pitch condition here, his approach was right because you can&#8217;t defend on this pitch for long,&#8221; he added.<br \/>India were bundled out for just 109 after opting to bat first on day one of the third Test, where Australia&#8217;s left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann claimed his maiden five-fer.<br \/>In the second innings off-spinner <!-- -->Nathan Lyon<!-- --> completed his second eight-wicket haul in Test cricket to bowl out India for 163 and put Australia on the verge of a victory in third Test at the Holkar Stadium on Thursday.<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    const { TimesApps } = window;\n    TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) 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