Updated On: 22 January, 2023 09:08 AM IST | Mumbai | Sunil Gavaskar
The double centuries by the two youngsters were done in contrasting styles. Ishan Kishan loves to blast the ball to the leg-side much like Rishabh Pant whereas Shubman Gill stroked his way on both sides of the pitch and off the front as well as back foot

Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill. Pics/AFP
In the last one month or so, there have been two double centuries cracked by Indian batsmen in one-day internationals. Both were magnificent innings by young men brimming with confidence and with a huge future ahead of them. They are in their early 20s, so what they make of the future is entirely up to them. Will they keep their head and feet on the ground after these stupendous knocks or are they going to get carried away so much that they think that all that they have to do is to just turn up at the crease and the runs will flow by automatically.
Today’s youngsters are super confident, and that’s a wonderful thing. The worry of being dropped from the national team doesn’t enter their minds as they have the cushion of an IPL contract. Therefore, failure doesn’t scare them and they can go out and play what is popularly known as fearless cricket when it is actually worry-free cricket. When being dropped from the national team is not a worry then a player can go out and play bindass cricket for there’s always the IPL with its minimum 14 matches in which to make people forget the international failures.