India, Nov. 7 -- Shubman Gill's role in the Indian T20I team has raised eyebrows and given birth to plenty of doubters, who aren't convinced by the batter's ability to score at a rate expected of a modern T20 batter. Despite his successes in the IPL, the question remains whether Gill's batting is strong enough to include him for the sake of him being a potential future captain.

Despite some question marks and doubts about his innings of 46 at the Carrara Oval on Thursday, which looked slightly laboured at the time as it came off 39 deliveries. However, it became clear as the match wore on and batting looked difficult on the Gold Coast surface that Gill's innings was a crucial and potentially even match-winning one at the top of the order...