Former India leg spinner and test pattern Anil Kumble who played a key role in the Indian team’s success in most of the 1990s and 2000s, praised 24-year-old No.3 Test batsman Shubman Gill, stating that he turned out to become an extremely different player when he approaches your entries. with an aggressive mentality.
Kumble made this comment yesterday while speaking to Jio Cinema after watching Shubman Gill score an unbeaten half-century on Day 3 of India’s second innings with the bat as they look to set a target of 450+ runs to put further pressure on Ben Stokes . ‘ England.
Rohit Sharma’s men have been on top of the competition since the start of the third Test at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. India batted first after winning the toss on Friday morning and that was perhaps the right decision given that it is an excellent track to bat on.
However, the Indians got off to a crumbling start as second Test heroes Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill got out cheaply for 10 and 0, while number 4 batsman Rajat Patidar disappointed once again by choosing to play a bad shot and give Tom Hartley his ground. a soft dismissal for 5 runs.
India were reduced to 33/3 when home all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja came to bat in the middle. It represented a 204-run partnership with Rohit Sharma, who eventually departed after amassing 131 runs against Mark Wood before Sarfaraz Khan came into the middle, scored a fantastic half-century, but was very unlucky to have lost his wicket during a mix-up. . with Jadeja, resulting in a getaway.
But India could still score 445 after Ravindra Jadeja’s century and in reply, England could only score as many as 319, which was made possible largely thanks to Ben Duckett’s ton. When India came out for their second innings yesterday, Rohit got out for 19, but Jaiswal and Shubman Gill put up a 100-plus partnership to further solidify India’s position in the game.
While Jaiswal retired injured for 104 in the closing session on Day 3, Shubman Gill scored a much-needed half-century after getting out for a duck in the first innings.
“When your intent is aggressive…” – Kumble on Shubman Gill
Anil Kumble, who also served as the head coach of the Indian team from 2016 to 2017, stated that Shubman Gill automatically becomes a better player when he presents an aggressive intent and approach. Kumble further explained that Gill was fantastic in the third innings and was evidently playing with soft hands, which helped his cause a lot.
“I think Shubman Gill, when his intent is aggressive, I think he’s a much better player. He looks to score runs and that’s how he plays. But when he gets depressed is when his feet don’t move and then he attacks the ball hard. But today was fantastic,” Anil Kumble said via Jio Cinema.
On Day 4 of the Rajkot Test, Gill and Kuldeep resumed their innings on a high note but the former missed out on his second triple-digit score in the series by just 9 runs after being run out of the non-striker’s side. India are currently 249/3 after 66 overs.
