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The 25-year-old landed in England with a hope of scripting better batting display and he has been on the money from the series opener in Leeds.
Shubman Gill is currently the most famous Indian player in international cricket. The 25-year-old scored a double hundred, his maiden, in the first innings of the second Test against England. His 269 runs were laced with 30 boundaries and 3 sixes, and took the total to 587. Gill, who was a walking wicket in England, entered the ongoing series under pressure. He was given Team India’s Test captaincy, and his past record was not impressive.
Overall, he was considered an average batter in red-ball cricket despite his talent and skills. The 25-year-old landed in England with a hope of scripting a better batting display, and he has been on the money from the series opener in Leeds.
Gill smashed a hundred but India lost the contest by 5 wickets. The captain was miffed with the failure of bowlers and lower-order batters. He knew that two batting collapses were behind his team’s loss and the leader ensured that there was no repeat of the mistakes. He held one end tight and added important runs with Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar, the two lower-order batters.
Nasser Hussain heaped massive praise on the Indian played following his record-breaking effort.
“He batted beautifully. I haven’t seen Shubman Gill scoring ugly runs. He has put doubts to bed that captaincy will impact his batting. His Test record was not good over here before but to start a series with a hundred and then add another one is special,” Nasser Hussain said.
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