He reminds me a lot of Phil Hughes. Young and talented, great at domestic level, has offered glimpses of what he can do in internationals but also exposed himself to criticism, somewhat iffy technique but capable of decimating bowling on his day. Hope he doesn't get too disenchanted with the long format; with Rohit having maybe two years max left, he could easily slot in as a long-term option. I'm actually more comfortable with him as opener than Gill.
So Gill doesn't have to prove himself but Shaw does?
He has 339 runs in effectively 4 Tests. I don't see the "hype". It's a plain case of not capitalizing on your assets and not deploying them when they are most likely to succeed. Did it with Kuldeep and effectively ruined his prospects, repeating it with Shaw.
Again, what makes Shaw that different from Gill who's playing right now to not deserve the hype? If it's about failing in one Test in Australia then that is frankly a ridiculous basis to judge LO cricket performance.
Let him succeed, till then it is all hype, like in the case of Unmukt Chand and Sodhi
If he is good enough, he will break the walls of Jericho and breakthrough, don't worry.
Idiotic reasoning. Hard to succeed when you don't get the chances and it's not like he's gotten much in recent times. Might as well say you hate Shaw and don't want to see him play for India again, would make far more sense.
