New Delhi: The former captain of India Surav Ganguly praised Shubman Gill’s majestic 269 in the second test against England as “an absolute masterclass”, while suggesting that Gill finally found his ideal position in n ° 4 in the order of the test of the test.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!Ganguly went to X to rent the young skipper, writing: “An absolute Masterclass of Gill … just flawless. One of the best sleeves I saw in England at any time. So much improvement in recent months. The opening was probably not his place in the test cricket.”
Gill, who began his career as a opener, entered the slot machine n ° 4 n ° 4 previously owned by the Virat Kohli and Sachin tendulkar icons – and brought his own. Its double century Record of Thursday helped India to display a mammoth 587 everything, before the quisters reduce England to 77 for 3 to Stums on day 2, giving visitors an advance of 510 points.“This is the result of the work I put before the series,” said Gill after the game of the day. “I’m glad it is bearing fruit.”The 25 -year -old became the first Indian and Asian captain to mark a double hundred in a test in England. He also exceeded the 254 * of Kohli as the highest score of an Indian test captain, and the 241 * of tendulkar as the highest by an Indian outside of Asia. His blow also overshadowed the 221 of Sunil Gavaskar to the Oval as the best test score in India in England.
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India has lost the opening of the series in Headingley despite Gill’s 147, but with its masterclass in Birmingham, they are now in pole position to level the series.As Ganguly said, “a test to win for India”.