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2 days ago
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- Mint
Gautam Gambhir, Shubman Gill snubbed ICC threat to dock WTC points at Oval: ‘We're playing to win…'
Team India garnered their slimmest win in a Test match during the last match of the Anderson Trophy at The Oval as the young team defeated the hosts by just 6 runs. While there were a lot of ups and downs along the way in the game, a new report has come to light showing that the team management were also warned about the slow over rate of their team on the last day of the match. Going into day 5 of the match, India required 4 wickets and had 35 runs left in the bank. With the conditions still supporting the faster bowlers, India didn't discount the possibility of a win, while England would have hoped to win the clash as well. However, the Indian team had to deal with another problem on the final day as match referee Jeff Crowe sent a message to the Indian camp that they were six overs behind the required rate at the start of play on Day 5, according to a report in Dainik Jagran. India stood to lose four crucial World Test Championship (WTC) points if they did not correct the bowling rate, making for a difficult decision for coach Gautam Gambhir and skipper Shubman Gill on whether to focus on wickets and winning the match or to correct the bowling rate. The Indian team management, including Gill, Gambhir, assistant coach Sitanshu Kotak and other staff, reportedly discussed making a tactical switch, with one of the suggestions being to bring in spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar from both ends in order to boost the over rate. However, with Jamie Smith and Jamie Overton settled at the crease, the introduction of spinners could also have spelled trouble for the Indian team as the two English batters could have taken the game away. Indian coach Gambhir then decided to take a bold call of not caring about the over rate and continuing to focus on getting the remaining wickets. "I don't care about the over rate,' Gambhir reportedly said. 'If we lose four points, so be it. We are playing to win,' he added. Gambhir was backed by skipper Gill, who introduced Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna from both ends at the start of play to attack the stumps and win the match. India's strategy paid off as Siraj took three crucial scalps while Krishna also picked up a wicket to end the proceedings for England and secure a famous win for the visitors. Despite the warning given by the ICC official, India avoided the penalty due to the result of the match, while England were fined two WTC points owing to the slow over rate.
Daily Mail
02-07-2025
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- Daily Mail
Shubman Gill's century helps India hold up at 310-5 - after Ben Stokes opted for England to bowl first AGAIN as second Test begins at Edgbaston
England appear determined to do it the hard way. After sticking India in at Headingley and conjuring a win for the ages, Ben Stokes repeated the dose at Edgbaston – only for Shubman Gill, his opposite number, to respond with a century full of character. This series is only six days old, but already the contest between the two captains is shaping up as a fascinating subplot that could last the summer and decide the fate of the Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy. Cheerfully playing the immovable object to Stokes's irresistible force, Gill reached stumps on an immaculate 114 in an Indian total of 310 for five, having so far added a crucial 99 with Ravindra Jadeja. Under pressure Gill might be after losing a Test, his first in charge, in which his side were variously 430 and three and 333 for four, but he now has two centuries in two games and is batting like a dream. Once more, conditions had screamed 'bat first', especially once the sun had broken through the morning clouds and began baking another flat surface. Once more, Stokes thumbed his nose at convention. And while he will not want to chase as many as the 371 his side so memorably knocked off to win the first Test, he was sending a message to India: whatever you set us, we will get. It is Test cricket, all right, but not as many know it, subverting the cherished notion that a game is often decided before the fourth innings. Stokes, by contrast, apparently wants to turn the first three innings into an appetiser for the main event. One thing is for sure: the critics who carped throughout the first four days in Leeds will need little excuse to dust off their misgivings should India square the series here. If they succeed, Gill's hundred – his seventh in Tests and fourth against England – will feature heavily in the post-script. And how his team needed it. The build-up had laid bare the selectorial confusion that has dogged the Indians since Headingley, and they settled on a final XI that brought to mind the old wisdom about a camel being a horse designed by a committee. To no great surprise, Jasprit Bumrah missed out, but India spurned the chance to bring in the dangerous left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav, and instead chose a team that had a bob each way, full of all-round options but short on specialists. In trying to cover every base, they may have left themselves vulnerable. On another day, that vulnerability would have come into sharper focus, not least during a superb opening spell from Chris Woakes, who on his home ground backed up the suspicion that – more than any of his team-mates – he is all the better for a gallop. In the first innings at Headingley, he took none for 103, his worst Test figures in England, before improving as the game progressed. Now, he was in his groove from the start, and unlucky to finish a probing first spell with only the wicket of KL Rahul, who chopped on for two. With a little more generosity from umpire Sharfuddoula, Woakes might have removed each of the top three. First, the Bangladeshi official turned down a strong lbw shout against Yashasvi Jaiswal, only 12 runs into his eventual 87. When England reviewed, DRS had the ball clipping the bails: umpire's call on height, and therefore not enough to overrule the original decision. Soon after, Karun Nair – the latest Indian to occupy their revolving-door position at No 3 – offered no stroke to an inducker. Again, Sharfuddoula remained unmoved. Again, DRS revealed an umpire's call. Woakes, usually politeness personified, did not require much lip-reading. In the final session, Sharfuddoula completed a hat-trick of borderline not-outs, turning down Shoaib Bashir's leg-before appeal against Jadeja. On 13 at the time, Jadeja reached stumps on 41. None of the decisions was a shocker, though England might reasonably have expected one of them to go their way. Earlier, Brydon Carse found extra bounce to have Nair caught at second slip by Harry Brook for 31 shortly before lunch, but as Jaiswal and Gill took India to 161 for two half an hour before tea, the logic of Stokes's decision to bowl emerged blinking into the spotlight. And when Stokes served up a wide long hop to Jaiswal, a ferocious cutter, four runs seemed the likeliest outcome. Instead, Jaiswal edged through to Jamie Smith, and stood rooted to the spot, as aghast as Stokes was jubilant. England were equally delighted to get rid of Rishabh Pant – scorer of twin centuries at Headingley – for 25, a lofted drive down the ground off Bashir miscued towards long-on, where Zak Crawley held a smart catch. And it was 211 for five when Nitish Kumar Reddy, a replacement for Shardul Thakur, shouldered arms to Woakes and lost his off stump. Thoughts drifted back to Leeds, where India had lost seven for 41 in their first innings and six for 31 in their second. But Jadeja is their most experienced cricketer, and Gill mixed patient defence with powerful drives. Together, they repaired the damage. It had also become apparent that Josh Tongue was not pulling his weight as the third seamer. His double destruction of India's tail in the first Test had masked struggles against the top order, and he finished the day with none for 66 from 13 maiden-free overs. When Jofra Archer walked round the boundary edge carrying drinks, the Hollies Stand serenaded him like a conquering hero. Assuming he makes his long-awaited return to Test cricket next week at Lord's, it seems clear which of his colleagues he will replace.
India Today
21-06-2025
- Sport
- India Today
Shubman Gill has matured since IPL captaincy: Nasser Hussain praises Leeds hundred
Former England captain Nasser Hussain lavished praise on Shubman Gill following the Indian skipper's composed and authoritative hundred on Day 1 of the first Test against England at Headingley, Leeds. Gill's unbeaten 127 put India in a commanding position in the opening match of the Anderson Trophy, marking a statement-making start to his Test captaincy from Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal powered India to a dominant 359 for 3 at stumps on the opening day of the first Test against England in Leeds on Friday. Jaiswal struck his fifth Test hundred just before the tea break, reaching the milestone in 144 balls with 16 boundaries and a leading India for the first time in Test cricket, brought up a memorable century in the final session, finishing unbeaten on 127 to cap off a commanding day for the visitors. Hussain, speaking to Sky Sports, said Gill's maturity has grown significantly since taking over the captaincy of Gujarat Titans in the IPL, noting how the batter's white-ball background has helped shape his attacking instincts without compromising his technique."They're brought up on a lot of white-ball cricket, and they're coming out of the IPL, so they know how to hit boundaries. But they got the balance right; they hit the bad balls for boundaries," Hussain said."Brilliant day for India. The message would be to go again tomorrow. Gill has matured a lot since he got the captaincy for the Gujarat Titans," he vs IND 1st Test Day 1 HighlightsBatting at No. 4—a spot historically occupied by legends like Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli-Gill absorbed the pressure and counterattacked in trademark fashion. It was his first Test century in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia) countries, and he became only the fourth Indian after Vijay Hazare, Sunil Gavaskar, and Kohli to score a century on captaincy arrived at the crease in the second session and wasted no time settling in. Displaying his elegant timing and strong footwork, he went after England's seamers from the outset. The 25-year-old took a particular liking to Brydon Carse and Josh Tongue, consistently punishing anything remotely loose. His intent was backed by precision, allowing him to dictate terms on a flat Headingley with Yashasvi Jaiswal, Gill forged a crucial 129-run stand for the third wicket. Jaiswal, who also reached his fifth Test century, was dismissed early in the third session by Ben Stokes. With India at a potential turning point, Gill anchored the innings with a mix of caution and controlled reached his century off 140 deliveries with a boundary off Tongue, bowing to the dressing room in celebration as applause echoed around the In You May Also Like
