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‘Apna gyan apne pass rakh!’ - Fans slam Sourav Ganguly as his ‘Shubman Gill has to wait for his chance’ statement goes viral

Here is how fans have reacted to the statement from the former team India skipper regarding Shubman Gill for the upcoming matches

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Team India will be in action on 1 March 2023 against Australia for the third Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Indore. However, all fans will be eager to see if KL Rahul gets a place in the final playing XI or not. Since the start of the series, former cricketers like Kapil Dev and Harbhajan Singh have said that Shubman Gill needs to get a place in the team instead of Rahul.

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But, the team management went with KL Rahul only in the first two matches. But, he failed to score big as managed only 38 runs in three innings. Despite such poor form, Rahul managed to get a place in the squad for the last two matches. Now, regarding that whole matter, former team India skipper Sourav Ganguly opened up in a recent interview.

"I am sure when his time comes, he will also get a lot of opportunities.” - Sourav Ganguly on Shubman Gill

As quoted by PTI, Ganguly said: “When you don't score runs in India, obviously you will get flak. KL Rahul hasn't been the only one. There have been players in the past also. There's so much focus and attention with lot of pressure on players. The team management thinks he is an important player for the team. At the end of the day, what coach and captain thinks is important.” Regarding Shubman Gill, Sourav Ganguly said that Gill has to wait for his chances. 

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He said: "I am sure when his time comes, he will also get a lot of opportunities. I think the selectors, the captain and the coach think of him and rate him very highly. That's why he is playing ODIs and T20Is, and he has performed as well. But at the present moment, perhaps message from team management is that he has to wait." Shubman Gill has enjoyed great form with the bat for India across all three formats. So, fans were not happy with such a statement from Ganguly regarding Gill.

Here are some tweets shared by fans to slam Sourav Ganguly over Gill:

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