Shubman Gill broke many records as he notched up his highest Test score at Edgbaston on day 2 of the second Test. He ended up scoring 269 runs from 387 balls as his mammoth innings helped India post 587 runs.
Gill's 269 was the highest score by an Indian in England. He also scored the most runs by an Indian Test skipper in England. He also went past the likes of Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar in the list of top individual highest-scorers for India in Test cricket.
England at stumps scored 77 runs for the loss of three wickets in 20 overs. Last match centurions Ben Duckett scored a duck as did Ollie Pope.
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Shubman Gill's Moment Of History At Edgbaston
After the end of the day's play, he was asked about the technical changes he brought about heading into this series. Shubman Gill admitted that he was working on his chances since the end of the IPL.
"I mainly worked on my initial movement and my setup. Before this, I felt my batting was going well. I was scoring 30-35-40 runs consistently in Test matches. But at some point, I was missing that peak concentration time. A lot of people say that when you focus too much, you sometimes miss your peak time" he said.
He further said that he went back to his basics and wanted to bat long on a good batting deck.
"So, in this series, I tried to go back to my basics. I tried to bat like I used to in my childhood. I didn’t think about having reached 35-40 runs or about playing long innings. I just wanted to enjoy my batting" added Shubman Gill.
The Indian Test skipper also spoke about the wicket. He said that the ball was not coming easily to the bat, but he wanted to dig deep and that's how he carved out a big innings. He also spoke about how he wanted to avoid another batting collapse.
"In the last match, I was scoring more fluently, but here it wasn’t coming as easily. Still, my mindset was that if the wicket is good and I am set, no matter how long I bat, I shouldn’t leave the match halfway.
"In the last match, I learnt that no matter how long you’ve been batting, under these conditions, there can be a collapse in the lower order at any time. So I tried to stay out there as long as I could. I wanted the bowler to get me out with a good ball and I shouldn't make mistakes. That was my approach," Gill said.
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Indian Bowlers Back Shubman Gill's Knock
The Indian bowlers backed up the batters with three quick wickets. Akash Deep got two wickets in two balls dismissing Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope. Mohammed Siraj dismissed Zak Crawley. Harry Brook batting five got lucky in the final over when he almost fell over his stumps trying to save the ball from hitting the stumps.
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