After a century in the first game of the series, the captain of India, Shubman Gill, continued his sublime form to obtain a double ton record in the current Ing vs Ind 2nd test.
Although his batting has been the epitome exhibition of Flair and Class, the young Indian test pattern opened the changes and settings he made to his style of play for which he is now reaping rewards.
The presenter Deep Dasgupta highlighted how Gill has adapted to play the IPL to the longest format and has also shown a good technique playing shots near the body.
Echoing the same line, Gill revealed after the work of day 2: “I worked on some things and at the end of IPL, which is very important before entering the trial cricket and looking at the results, those things are working for me. I have spoken with many people and some have suggested that it also suggested me too much. Childhood, without thinking about the score, but enjoy in the middle.”
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Shubman Gill breaks multiple records with double century
With his 269 score, the 25 -year -old surpassed Virat Kohli (254) to have the best score of an Indian captain. Gill now also has the highest score for an Indian batter in the tests outside Asia. The 241 of Sachin Tendulkar was not in the SCG in 2004 was the highest anterior.
In addition, it is the third highest individual score of an Indian batter in the tests abroad, only following the 309 of Virender Sehwag in fine and Rahul Dravid’s 270 in Rawalpindi, both achieved during the Pakistan tour in 2004 of 2004.
Before Gill, only two Indian batters had registered two centuries in the tests of men on English soil, Sunil Gavaskar in 1979 (221) and Rahul Dravid in 2002 (217). In addition, Gill’s blow is located as the seventh higher individual score of an Indian in the history of the Cricket test.
India in the driver’s seat after ENG vs Indic 2nd test
Speaking about the game, Gill’s master class along with decisive blows to Yashasvi Jaiswal (87), Ravindra Jadaja (89) and Washington Sugndar (42) helped India publish a large total of 587.
Then, the bowling players delivered early products to build the pressure on the three lions. Akash Deep, who is replacing Jasprit Bumrah in the game, seemed impeccable with the new cherry while picking up consecutive ball wicks, eliminating Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope for the respective ducks.
In Stumps on day 2, India is in the driver’s seat with the England score reading 77/3 and behind 510 races.
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