Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill are the designated new openers for Team India in T20 cricket. Both these players complete each other and are giving India good starts to the innings. Meanwhile, Robin Uthappa has said that the partnership of Jaiswal-Gill resembles that of Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar. The opening combination of Sachin and Ganguly is the most successful opening pair in the history of ODI cricket. They have scored 6609 runs in just 139 innings at a stunning average of 49.32 with 21 century partnerships and 23 half-century partnerships.
They have still not opened the innings for India in ODI cricket as Rohit Sharma is still playing in that format. So, Gill and Sharma opens the innings for India in ODIs. In Test cricket, Jaiswal opens the innings with Sharma and Gill bats at number three. However, in T20 cricket, both these players have taken the spots by storm and have already scored two half century and two century stands in just 10 innings while opening the innings for India in T20I cricket.
Robin Uthappa heaps praise on Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill
Robin Uthappa feels that Gill and Jaiswal complements each other very well and looks like the partnership of Tendulkar and Ganguly at the top of the order.
“I do see them, when I look at them they remind me of Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar going out together, where their games kind of complimented each other. Their strategies complimented each other, that’s what I see when I see these two go out to bat together,” said Uthappa on Sony Sports Network.
“I honestly feel when he (Jaiswal) gets that opportunity in ODI cricket, he will seal that spot so quickly because after Test cricket and T20I cricket, ODI cricket is going to be so much easier for him. Because he will feel like I have all the time in the world to be able to score runs,” Uthappa stated.
