Captain Gill will be seen in Lord’s.Image Credit Source: X/Lord’s Cricket Ground
Shubman Gill has scored so many runs in the last 4 and a half years of his Test career, as much as he has scored in the Indo-England Test series. Star batsman became more than 800 runs in Test cricket last year. But after becoming the new Test captain of Team India, his luck is such that he has scored about 600 runs in only 2 matches of the current series. Now he needs only 18 runs to become the Indian batsman who has scored the most runs in a Test series in England and what can be better than Lord’s.
Who will take the lead in Lord’s?
The third match of the Test series between India and England is starting from July 10 at Lord’s. Before this match, the series started in Leeds, which England won. Then in the second match played in Birmingham, Team India made a comeback and defeated the hosts. Now both teams are landing with 1-1 score in the third match of the series. In such a situation, whatever team wins here, it will gain an edge.
Although England have won more over Team India in Lord’s Test, but if you look at the last 3 Test matches, then the pan is seen to be heavy of Team India. Team India won the Tests played in 2014 and 2021 here. However, in 2018, he had to face a big defeat by an innings margin. But on the last tour, stars like Mohammad Siraj, Jaspreet Bumrah and KL Rahul played a big role in the historic victory. These three players will also be part of the playing eleven this time. In such a situation, these three will be monitored.
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Gill has a chance to become number-1
But apart from these three, the player who will have the most focus is Captain Shubman Gill. As mentioned in the beginning, Gill has scored as many runs in this series as he was not able to make even in the past years. The Indian captain has talked only in the centuries in this series so far. In Leeds, Gill scored 147 runs in the first innings itself. Then in Edgbaston, he demolished all the records. This new captain of Team India scored 269 runs in the first innings and became the first captain of Asia to score a double century in England. Then in the next innings too, he gave 161 runs codes. In this way, he has scored 585 runs in 4 innings so far.
Now Gill has a chance to become the Indian batsman to score the most runs in a Test series in England. If Gill scored only 18 runs, then he will leave behind Rahul Dravid, former captain and coach. Dravid set this record by scoring 602 runs in 4 Tests in the 2002 series. If Gill scores 18 runs, then he will overtake Dravid and become number-1. He is currently at number three after Dravid and Virat Kohli. As soon as he scored 9 out of these 18, he will overtake Kohli (593 runs, 2018) and will also become the Indian captain to score the most runs in a series in England. Although there are still 6 innings left in this series, but in Lord’s, this history will be special in itself.
