Shubman Gill scored an unbeaten ton as India posted 310 runs for five wickets on the opening day of the second Test at Edgbaston. He saw wickets fall around him but stood solid as a rock for India.
KL Rahul (2 runs off 26 balls), Karun Nair (31 runs off 50 balls), Rishabh Pant (25 runs off 42 balls) and Nitish Kumar Reddy ( 1 run off 6 balls) could not make the most of a flat batting wicket at Edgbaston.
Meanwhile, Shubman Gill showed all his application and patience with the bat. He added key stands first with Karun Nair of 80 runs. He then added another 66 runs with Yashasvi Jaiswal (87 runs off 107 balls). Next, he added another key stand of 47 runs with Pant.
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His To Hand Is In Control - Ravi Shastri On Shubman Gill
India lost the wickets of Nair, Jaiswal and Pant just when a partnership was starting to brew between the batters along with Gill. Nair fell at the stroke of lunch, Jaiswal just a short while post lunch and Pant just after tea. In between all this Gill stood tall for India scoring his second Test ton as captain.
He joined the likes of Vijay Hazare, Sunil Gavaskar, and Virat Kohli to score centuries in consecutive matches as Test captain. Gill's knock was praised by former Indian head coach Ravi Shastri who hailed the technical changes he brought into his game.
“Gill’s performance was superb. It was disciplined, he looked solid, looked fantastic. He has worked hard on his defence. When he last came to England, he played with hard hands, pushed at the ball, but now, the top hand is in control. He allows the ball to come to him, trusts in his defence and has all the shots in the book when he goes on the attack,” said Shastri on Sky Sports.
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Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja Unbeaten At Stumps
At stumps, Shubman Gill was unbeaten on 114 runs off 216 deliveries with him adding a 99-run stand with Ravindra Jadeja (41 runs off 67 balls). According to Cricviz, a platform that measures batting efficiency of players, Gill's had the best control as a batter during his century since any batter in England since 2006.
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