India, Dec. 17 -- Former India wicketkeeper-batter Robin Uthappa expressed concern on Wednesday about Shubman Gill's current approach in T20Is, where he has struggled since returning to the format in September for the Asia Cup. Uthappa sent a sharp message to India head coach Gautam Gambhir, saying that if the team is to take a hyper-aggressive approach in T20 cricket, then Sanju Samson is a better fit for the World Cup role than Gill.

Gill has struggled to live up to the T20I hype generated by his superb Test series in England earlier this summer. Since his return during the Asia Cup in September, he has managed just 291 runs in 15 innings at an average of 24.25 and a strike rate of 137.26, without scoring a fifty. The modest numbers ha...