Shubman Gill is now the youngest player to hit Odis and Tests double hundreds of people.
India’s 25-year-old Test Captain Shubman Gill produced an innings for the age in Edgbaston, with a royal 269 score-only on English soil, but also in army countries, the highest test score by an Indian, crossing the 221 of Sunil Gavaskar at Oval in 1979.
But did the knock make the knock more special, only the numbers did not weigh. It was a quiet rebellion against pressure, against self-doubt, and noise, from inside and outside. Prior to the test series against England, the position of Shubman Gill as a batsman in the team was questioned, letting them go alone as the leader of the pack. He took an average of 35 with a century in army countries. Now fast forward, it has 269 and 147 in just two weeks. Talk about the effect!
“I stopped enjoying my batting”
After India’s batting fall in Leeds and his own dismissal on 147, Gill admitted that he was following the run, not the rhythm. But in Birmingham, he changed. ,Sometimes, when you do not scoring, there is no fluent, you stop enjoying your batting. You focus too much on the need to score runs. I thought I was lost in my batting. I was focusing so much that I was not enjoying my batting“Gill said 2 days after the stump.
,I mainly worked on my early movement and my setup. Earlier, I felt that my batting was going well. I was scoring 30-35-40 runs in Test matches. But at some point, I was remembering that summit concentration time. Many people say that when you focus too much, you sometimes remember your extreme time.,
That clarity translated into an innings of poetry and authority. When Gill got his gear, India was staggering at 211/5. He added 203 with Ravindra Jadeja and another 144 -run stand with Washington Sundar, steering India in a huge 587.
Captain who prepares like a student
Gill revealed that he started the Test Prep during the IPL itself. ,Because IPL setup, white-ball setup, and what I wanted to do was very different. So I thought that if I started my preparation, it would give me a lead when the time comes for the series.,
And the train he did against the expectations, against numbers, but with the story. With this dual century, he became the first Indian and first Asian captain to score a Test double ton in England. He also broke Virat Kohli’s record (254*) by the Indian test captain for the highest score.
With England at 77/3, Gill now focuses as captain. “(Pitch) There is not much for the bowlers, but it is enough that if a batsman tries a lot, there is a possibility of getting out. When the batsman tries to do something different, he increases the chances of getting out. Therefore, we will try to disappoint them while batting, and wherever they try to score runs, we will not give them that opportunity. I think it will be the most important thing for our bowling,
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