New Delhi: India was given a major setback on 4 of the first Test in the leads, as Captain Shubman Gill was rejected cheaply after his brave knock in the first innings. Gill, who scored 147 runs to lead India’s charge, was bowled by a stunning delivery from England’s Pacer Bridan Cars.Cars gave a good length ball outside the stump. Gill tried a cut shot but fed up for the room; The ball took a thick inside the edge and crashed into stumps. He stood in mistrust, looked at his scattering stump before walking more than once with a look. Meanwhile, cars, roaring at the celebration, claimed a precious wicket.Gill, as a Test skipper of India, knocked a true captain in his first beginning, who records his first Test as a captain-a commanding 147 which came at a significant time in the five-match series.Gill’s innings finished for a possible dual century, when he attempted an aggressive slogan with spinner Shoaib Bashir. The mid-wicket left open, the gill went for a big shot, but wrongly did it-Ghend grabbed half of his bat and flying directly to Deep Square leg for the tongue. She looked at 150 in style, but stroke reduced a stellar innings.Gill has captured the captaincy of the test after Rohit Sharma’s retirement from the longest format before the tour of England.
With a young squad under his leadership, Gill is aiming to break a long-standing drought-India’s last Test series in England came under Rahul Dravid in 2007. Earlier, the historic victory came under Ajit Wedkar in 1971 and in 1986 under Kapil Dev.Now, under the calm leadership of Shubman Gill yet under expressive leadership, India expected to script a new chapter in its testing history – and their emotional 147 well in the leads could be the initial page of that story.
