Jonathan Trot praises Shubman Gill (photo -Getty Images)
The performance of Indian Test team captain Shubman Gill has been very good in the Test series being played against England. He has so far scored 585 runs in this Test series at an average of 146.25 in four innings of two matches. He is the highest run -scorer in this series. He scored 147 runs in the first innings while batting well in the first Test match. Not only this, in the first innings of the second Test, the Indian captain scored a record -breaking innings of 269 runs while in the second innings he scored 161 runs. Recently, former player Jonathan Trot has given a big statement about Shubman Gill and has told which Indian veteran he batting on number-4.
Whose copy is Shubman Gill?
Shubman Gill has played the role of number four in this series in a tremendous way. This is the batting order where Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar have also batted. In such a situation, everyone is now comparing them to these veterans. But Jonathan Trot has given the answer to whom is a glimpse of these veterans in Gill’s batting. Talking on Geostar, Trot said, ‘He has shown that he is a complete batsman. Seeing them, I miss the last number four Indian player (Virat Kohli). They are carbon copy of that genius.
Trot further said, ‘I don’t think they would have thought that they will start in the first two matches of the Test series. He definitely wanted to win in the headingley but the result did not go in his favor. It is very respected that I saw these innings. He did not give a single chance to the England batsmen and the manner in which he chanted the gear, he had really special. He played tremendous cricketing shots throughout the innings.
Gill number-1 in this series
Shubman Gill started batting on number-4 from this Test series and proved himself right in the first attempt. In this series, Gill has scored 585 runs in just 4 innings at an average of 146. Apart from a double century, it also includes 2 two brilliant centuries. He is currently the highest run -scorer in this series.
