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Shubman Gill on the decline of Ben Stokes’ offer to draw in Manchester
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Jul 27, 2025
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Wow so noble of him to refuse a draw. I’m sure the cricket gods will reward him with extra runs for being so principled 🙄
Terrible decision honestly. What if they ended up losing because of this? Then everyone would be blaming him for being stubborn and arrogant. Sometimes you gotta take what’s offered.
So brave of him lol. I’m sure Stokes was absolutely devastated that his generous offer got rejected.
Oh sure, declining a draw offer. What a hero. Next he’ll probably decline winning the lottery too because its not ‘earned’ properly. 🙄
I think people are missing the bigger picture. This shows how much confidence the Indian team has in their abilities right now. They’re not looking for easy outs anymore.
This kind of situation has happened before in Test cricket history. Back in 1981, similar offer was made between Australia and England. The tradition of gentlemanly conduct in cricket sometimes includes these kind of gestures, though they’re becoming more rare in modern competitive environment. Weather delays have always been controversial factor in determining match outcomes.
For context, this happened during the India tour of England when rain was threatening the match. Stokes offered the draw because weather conditions were deteriorating fast and he didnt want either team disadvantaged. Gill’s response was actually quite diplomatic according to reports from the dressing room.
Gill be like ‘thanks but no thanks mate, I didnt come all the way to Manchester to shake hands and call it even’ 😂
This is absolute nonsense. Why would he even decline? A draw would have been better than losing. Makes no sense to me at all and shows lack of maturity if you ask me.
Honestly, Gill showed real character here. Not many young players would have the guts to decline such an offer from someone like Stokes. Shows he’s got his own principles and wants to win fair and square, which is wat the game needs more of these days.
But wait, why should Gill accept a draw when India was in a stronger position? The whole point of Test cricket is to compete until the last ball isnt it? If Stokes was so concerned about fairness, he should have played better earlier in the match instead of offering draws when things werent going his way.
Your saying he should accept but wheres the logic in that? India had momentum, weather was clearing up according to forecasts, and they had enough time to push for win. Why settle for half when you can go for full? Makes perfect strategic sense to decline.