India vs England 2 Tests: ‘The inauguration was not his place’ – Sourav Ganguly Louds Shubman Gill’s record – Bracing double tons | Cricket news

New Delhi: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly looked at Shubman Gill’s majestic 269 as “a full masterclass” in the second Test against England, while suggesting that Gill eventually found his ideal position at number 4 in the Test batting order.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!Ganguly faced X to praise the young captain, wrote: “A full masterclass from Gill … Just innocent. One of the best innings I have seen in England in any era. One of the best innings I have seen. The last few months improved so much in the last few months. Perhaps he was not in Test cricket.”

Gill, who started his career as a opener, stepped into the Pivatal Number 4 slot organized by the first icon Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar and made it his own. On Thursday, his record-breaking double century helped India to exclude a huge 587, before the bowlers brought England to 3 to 3 in 2 days stumps, leading to 510 runs to the visitors.Gill said after the day’s game, “This is the result of the work before the series.” “I am glad that it’s paying.”The 25 -year -old became the first Indian and Asian captain to score a double hundred in a test in England. He surpassed Kohli’s 254* as the highest score by an Indian Test captain, and Tendulkar’s 241* as the highest by an Indian outside Asia. His knock also assumed Sunil Gavaskar’s 221 at Oval as India’s top test score in England.

India lost the series opener in Headingly despite Gill’s 147, but with his masterclass in Birmingham, they are now in a pole position to level the series.As Ganguly said, “A test to win for India.”