Gill was dismissed on his first ball during India’s 51-run loss to South Africa in New Chandigarh on Thursday as the Proteas levelled the five-match T20I series at 1-1, while Surykumar didn’t fare much better as he lasted just four deliveries for his five runs.
That would normally cause alarm bells for teams less than two months out from the next edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, but the India camp are remaining calm and expect the duo to come good sooner rather than later.
“I saw some good signs of a change of mentality (from Gill) on the backend of that Australian tour (in November),” ten Doeschate noted.
“The two dismissals in this series (against South Africa), I thought in the first game we asked the guys to go out there and attack the Powerplay and it wasn’t a great wicket at Cuttack, so I will let him off that one.
“And I thought he got a good ball today which can happen when you are short on form.
“But we also know the class. If you look at his IPL record where he stacks up 700 runs, 600 runs, 800 runs, 600 runs.
“We believe in his class and we believe he will come good.”
