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Former Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) seamer Varun Aaron has noted that Shubman Gill operated like a Rolls-Royce in the first T20I against Australia. He highlighted that the Indian opener didn't have to resort to extravagant shots to maintain a strike rate of 185.The first T20I between India and Australia in Canberra on Wednesday, October 29, did not yield a result. Gill scored an unbeaten 37 off 20 deliveries before rain halted play when the visitors were 97/1 in 9.4 overs after being asked to bat first.During an interaction on the Star Sports show 'Follow the Blues,' Aaron praised Gill for switching between formats easily and scoring quickly by just finding the gaps."It's very easy for him to adapt because his technique is more or less the same. He doesn't really change through formats. We obviously saw him put in a lot of hard yards before the England Test series. That gave him the rewards, and then to shift gears from one-day to T20 cricket in today's day and age shouldn't be difficult at all," the former India pacer said."We saw Shubman Gill just operating like a Rolls-Royce. Smooth as ever, just effortless, 185 strike rate. A lot of people in world cricket, we would see them stepping out and trying to hoick it over midwicket and play some big shots, but all Shubman does is just put it in the gaps," he added.Shubman Gill struck four fours and a six during his unbeaten 37-run knock. He slog-swept Matthew Kuhnemann over midwicket for his only six off the last ball he played in his innings. "He actually plays like this" - Parthiv Patel on Shubman Gill's approach in AUS vs IND 2025 1st T20IShubman Gill relies more on timing than power. [P/C: Getty]Speaking on Star Sports, former India wicketkeeper-batter Parthiv Patel praised Shubman Gill for pacing his innings perfectly."The way he was playing in the ODIs, although we judge people on the runs they score, in all three matches, it never seemed like he was in trouble. He actually plays like this. He took two runs off the first two balls. Then he tried to play a big shot," he said.The Gujarat Titans (GT) assistant coach highlighted that the franchise's skipper took advantage of Nathan Ellis' slower balls and concentrated on singles and doubles apart from playing a few big shots."If a bowler goes towards a slower one in the powerplay very early, that means he is under pressure. Shubman knows very well how to score runs against a bowler under pressure. The thing I liked the most was that we saw big shots for sure, but the running between the wickets was incredible," Parthiv observed.Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav stitched together an unbroken 62-run second-wicket partnership. The latter remained unbeaten on a 24-ball 39, a knock studded with three fours and two sixes.
