{"id":194845,"date":"2026-07-20T01:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194845"},"modified":"2026-07-20T01:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:36:11","slug":"shubman-gill-in-world-cup-we-will-play-11-matches-and-here-players-are-unable-to-complete-3-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194845","title":{"rendered":"Shubman Gill: In World Cup, we will play 11 matches and here players are unable to complete 3 games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71244091\">Captain Shubman Gill said India failed to field its best combination in the ODI \u200bseries against England because of frequent injuries to players, a \u200cconcern the team must address before next year\u2019s \u200bWorld Cup.<\/p>\n<p>India was without its premier all-rounder \u2060Hardik Pandya, and his replacement Nitish Kumar Reddy also missed the tour of England with a quadriceps injury. Seamer Harshit Rana \u200cand all-rounder Washington Sundar also picked up injuries at different stages of the tour while pace \u200cspearhead Jasprit Bumrah missed Sunday\u2019s decider, which England \u200cwon \u2060by 26 runs to seal a 2-1 \u2060series victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at the first squad, we had announced (for the series), from that minimum five players did not play this match,\u201d \u200bGill said after the loss at Lord\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf one player is injured, you look at playing another combination, two players are injured you look at playing another combination, but if after \u200cevery match some player is missing then somewhere \u200bwe are missing a trick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you keep the World Cup as the goal where we \u2060have to play 11 matches in a row, here we have players not being able to finish a two-to-three-match \u200cseries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo there is some limitation where our players are not being able to play continuously, they play one or two matches, they suffer a niggle and then we are forced to play a different combination which we originally did not plan to play &#8230; as a \u200cgroup we need improve our fitness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>England racked up 387-3 against \u200bIndia\u2019s depleted attack, while the tourists managed 360-7 in reply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur bowling is a little bit inexperienced,\u201d \u2060Gill said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were put under the pump in this match \u2060and we didn\u2019t respond well. We didn\u2019t start well in the powerplay. We gave away too \u200cmany loose balls and then were always chasing the game trying to take wickets, create something which \u200bdidn\u2019t happen for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 20, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/shubman-gill-fitness-concern-indian-players-unfit-world-cup-india-vs-england-3rd-odi\/article71244091.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Captain Shubman Gill said India failed to field its best combination in the ODI \u200bseries against England because of frequent injuries to players, a \u200cconcern the team must address before next year\u2019s \u200bWorld Cup. India was without its premier all-rounder \u2060Hardik Pandya, and his replacement Nitish Kumar Reddy also missed the tour of England with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":194846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784529371_AFP_C2CR6ZE.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":193390,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=193390","url_meta":{"origin":194845,"position":0},"title":"ENG vs IND, 1st ODI, India tour of England, 2026 &#8211; Commentary &#8211; Cricbuzz","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 14, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"ENG vs IND, 1st ODI, India tour of England, 2026 - Commentary\u00a0\u00a0CricbuzzIndia vs England: Shubman Gill makes majestic 80 to propel India to series-opening six-wicket ODI victory at Edgbaston\u00a0\u00a0Sky SportsLive Report - England frontload seamers in defence of 258\u00a0\u00a0CricinfoTalking points: A grand comeback for India and Axar\u00a0\u00a0CricbuzzIndia vs England: Shubman\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/i.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/i.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/i.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":194918,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194918","url_meta":{"origin":194845,"position":1},"title":"Stats: Shubman Gill captaincy record in Tests and ODIs","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 20, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Shubman Gill\u2019s tenure as India\u2019s ODI and Test captain has started off with mixed results in both formats. 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