Shubman Gill’s captaincy would have gone? (PC-PTI)
Shubman gill: Team India Test captain Shubman Gill has scored 2 centuries and a double century in the ongoing Test series against England. In Edgbaston, he scored a double century in the first innings and he managed to score a century in the next innings. However, in the meantime, former England cricketer Mark Bachar has said a big thing for him. Bachar said that if Shubman Gill had taken a decision, Edgbaston Test would have been the last match of his captaincy. Let us tell you why Bachar said this?
Shubman Gill had taken this decision…
Mark Bachar said during the Edgbaston Test that if Shubman Gill had won the toss and he would have chosen the fielding first, then this would have been the last match of his career as a captain. Ravi Shastri said during the commentary in the Edgbaston Test that England first chose bowling, if Shubman Gill had taken this decision which he had said after losing the toss, he also said that he wanted to field first. After this, Bachar said that he would be the last match of Gill as captain.
Gill won heart with bat and captaincy
After the defeat in the Leeds Test, Shubman Gill was under pressure to return. This work in Edgbaston was difficult because India had never won the match here but Gill’s batting and his captaincy showed this impossible work possible. After losing the toss in Birmingham, the Indian team came out to bat first and the team scored 587 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal gave the team a great start by scoring 87 runs, Jadeja also hit 89 runs. But captain Gill broke several records hit by 269 runs. In response, England could score 407 runs in the first innings. Mohammad Siraj took 6 wickets and Akash Deep took 4 wickets.
In the second innings, India once again declared their innings for 427 runs while batting amazing. Once again, 161 runs came out of Gill’s bat. Rahul contributed 55 and Pant contributed 65 runs. Jadeja scored 69 runs. Team India gave England a target of 608 runs in front of which England team collapsed for 271 runs. In the second innings, Akash Deep dashed England with 6 wickets. Team India won the match by a big margin of 336 runs.
