Indian Captain Shaubman Gill added another championship class with bat and recorded a magnificent 161 on Saturday in the second exchange of the ongoing second test against England in Edgbaston.This was followed by his Marathon 269-Run knocking in the first shifts, which made him the first player in the 148-year history of the test cricket to record 250 and 150 in the same match. Its aggregate 430 runs in the game puts it in a rare air, with only Graham Gooch scored more (456) in a single test.The former Indian cricket and commentator Dinesh Karthik, talking to Sky Sports, was full of praise for 25 years old and compared Gill’s emergence to Indian cricket crossings, seen by Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli to No. 4.

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“Giving him a captain was something that was much talked about,” Karthik said. “The One Thing That Always Was Spoken About Was Shubman Gill Needs To Get Runs Away From India. He’s Got the Talent, But the Statistics So Far Didn’t Quite Back That. Legends Over Decades: Tendulkar and then Kohli.

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Gill’s calm behavior on the fold was also a point of discussion.“He looks just calm, unharmed,” said colleague commentator Mark Butcher, who asked Karthika if something changed in Gill’s approach. Karthik noted the technical adjustments.“He was working on a bat before his pillows, especially against the ball that returned – something that worried him,” Karthik said. “He mentioned that he was working on his technique before England Tour and shows up.With India in Headquarters and Gill Rewriting Recording Books, Edgbaston’s test could only be remembered as one where the new Indian legend has fully arrived.

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