India T20I vice-captain Shubman Gill made a promising start to the ongoing five-match bilateral series in Australia, hitting an unbeaten 37 before rain forced the contest in Canberra to be abandoned. From his next two innings, as India bounced back to draw level at one-all, Gill managed a total of 20 runs including five in Melbourne and 15 in Hobart.
Now, a couple of innings without significant contributions may not be a cause for alarm bells but given that his presence in the playing XI means that someone as talented as Yashasvi Jaiswal has to warm the benches does put the former under some pressure to justify keeping the spot.
Gill has the pedigree and has in the past shown strong signs that he can be a regular in all three formats and so has Jaiswal.
The 26-year-old will be eager to ease up the pressure in the fourth T20I to be played at the Carrara Oval in Queensland today.
The Suryakumar Yadav-led squad underwent training for the penultimate contest at the venue and a video of India head coach Gautam Gambhir having a long interaction with Gill is doing the rounds on social media.
Watch the discussion between Gambhir and Gill below:
Gautam Gambhir and Shubman Gill were seen having a long intense discussion during the practice session.
The chat possibly about Gill’s T20 form, reflected his eagerness to improve and learn. With his work ethic and hunger to bounce back Gill looks determined to regain top form… pic.twitter.com/mJyl8GGmo5
— GillTheWill (@GillTheWill77) November 5, 2025
Gill’s T20I Record
Gill made his T20I debut in January 2023 and has since scored 762 runs from 31 innings, all as an opener at a strike-rate of 140.85. He has one century and three half-centuries to his name including an unbeaten 126 which for a period was the highest individual score by an Indian in the format before being overtaken by Virat Kohli and them Abhishek Sharma.
He has gone 13 innings without a half-century now.
On the other hand, Jaiswal has struck 723 runs from 22 innings at a strike-rate of 164.31. He has one century and five half-centuries to his name with his last T20I against Sri Lanka in July 2024.
