Shubman Gill lost his wicket like this. (Photo- PTI)
Indian captain Shubman Gill could not do anything special in the first innings of the fourth Test match being played at Old Trafford, Manchester. Team India got a good start in a match, but Shubman Gill’s bat remained calm. Gill lost his wicket due to a big mistake. In the last match, Karun Nair was also dismissed in a similar way, after which his batting technique was questioned and then in the fourth Test, he was dropped from playing 11.
Shubman Gill lost his wicket like this
Shubman Gill was lbw out on a ball from Ben Stokes in this innings. Actually, in the 50th over of the Indian innings, Stokes bowled a sharp ball inside. Gill hoped that the ball would go away, so he did not put any shot and decided to leave the ball. But the ball went on his front pad, after which an appeal was made by the England team and the umpire gave him out. After this decision, Gill also took a review, but in the replay, the ball was seen hitting the stumps, and the verdict remained in favor of the umpire.
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As soon as Shubman Gill was dismissed, his wicket was compared to Karun Nair’s wicket. Karun Nair was also dismissed in the second innings of Lord’s Test. Karun Nair was out lbw in the second innings of this match to leave a straight ball of Bridan Cars. After this, he was also dropped from the Manchester Test. Sunil Gavaskar even said that the way Karun Nair was dismissed in Lord’s in the last innings, his technical problem was clear. After which it is possible that he has been excluded from playing 11.
Team India gets a good start
On the first day of the fourth Test, India lost the toss and batted first. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a brilliant 58 runs, including 10 fours and 1 six. KL Rahul also scored 46 runs and both players added 94 runs for the first wicket. After the dismissal of these two players, captain Shubman Gill had the responsibility of handling the innings. But Gill lost his wicket cheaply. Gill scored 12 runs off 23 balls, but Ben Stokes stopped him from playing a big innings.
