IND vs Eng: Gill-Ed It! Shubman’s 269 A Masterclass in Patience, Discipline and Punjabi Grit | Cricket news

Timesofindia.com in Birmingham: “I thought I can do it, now looking back … I felt the kind of shot I played, I felt that I could bat a little more,” Shubman Gill said on the eve of the second Test when the lead was asked about the lesson. Even after scoring a flowing 147 on the Test Captain Debut, the right -handed batsman carried forward the feeling of dissatisfaction. He wanted more. He always wants more.Even in the U-16 Age-group circuit in Punjab, a young man gave it a slogan, Gill was drawn by his father Lakhwinder Singh not to convert a hundred into a big. Even a double was not celebrated at home because Gills felt that the triple was to take it there. There has always been a feeling of being satisfied, from its preparation to the last outing in the middle. Last year, even after a hundred versus England in Vijag, the youth were concerned about facing their father, who would definitely give him an earful to get out while playing a reverse-sweep.So it was quite natural that his concentration and application was 200 percent when he took a guard on 2 of the Edgbaston Test with Ravindra Jadeja at the other end. With no trick with the pitch, all Gill had to bat normally and just stay out of there. There were a lot of nets – for a mistake drive, the bumper was laid by Ben Stokes, but the 25 -year -old man was prepared with amazing reactions.

For Chris Woakes, the template of the path standing outside the crease continued and used the depth of the crease, facing Bridan Cars, Josh Tongue and Stokes. Filling a confident at one time, he went to the last 150, hovering before 200, violated 250 and was ready for a triple before missing the trademark bridge for the Oli Pope in the ring – the shot of his bread and butter – the trademark bridge – the trademark bridge. Prior to that shot, he used a lot of control in an innocent 269-run knock.When he crossed the 150 and 250, there was no wild ceremony after the batting, but when he moved beyond the 200 run mark, the emotions got clearly better. This was the first time he climbed Mount 200 in Indian whites and later two punches in the air, the helmet closed, arms arms, before he went down to a knee to swing the helmet once more. It felt almost as if he forgot his signature bow, but he did not do so, and accepted applause for a terrible knock.

Conditions were ideal for batting and Gill ensured that there was no lapse in concentration this time. He worked hard, clung to his strength and became the first Indian batsman to score 250+ outside the sub-continent. He also ended a long wait of a double hundred by an Indian batsman in England and went to the record of the 50 -year highest score (221) of Sunil Gavaskar by an Indian batsman here.

The way he was batting, Virender Sehwag’s personal score was 309 and even 319 was very high. Chanceless hand switched to cruise control and was now receiving prizes for discipline shown on the early day and the second morning of the test. The bat was close to the pad, the footwork was assured and his further defense remained solid. The England bowlers worked hard, but could not break their defense, struggled to flirt with their edges and were not able to motivate a false shot.It was a knock that would have given a lot of satisfaction to both the captain and the batter gill, and now he would expect when Gill scene played it at the end of the day’s game. Nevertheless, there may be a feeling of despair. Not because it fell below a triple hundred, but due to the shot that ended his marathon knock. A shot The Galfers had mastered by spending hours on cemented tracks.As far as Gill is concerned, the 25 -year -old man will remember it for a very long time as it definitely helps him walk on the talk “I want to be the best batsman in the series”.