The English bowling coach Tim Southee advocated Captain Ben Stokes’s decision first after India has accumulated the commanding 359 on 3 on the first start of the headingley test. For centuries from Yashsvi Jaiswal and the new Captain Shubman Gill gave India to a complete control of the surface that offered little help as soon as the morning humidity dried up.
The decision to position raised the eyebrows, especially due to the nature of the playground and the reaction of India with the bat. However, Southee, a part of the English coaching staff as a consultant for Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, insisted that the call was made on the basis of Thursday’s reading of the playground.
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“I think yesterday with the color of the goal and a little, I think, there is moisture left. This morning it was a little about the morning, so yeah, I think that’s thinking after the decision,” Southee explained. “I think the Indian Openers negotiated the first hour relatively well. Kl Rahul left well and Jaiswal also played a hand.
Jaiswal (101) and Gill (127 No Out) showed peace and class when they sewed together a 129-run stand for the third goal, raised India from shaking 92 in 2 after Kl Rahul (42) and debutant B Sai Sudharsan (0) dropped rapidly. RISHABH PANT (65 NO OUT) added another impulse in the final meeting and helped India to complete a flourishing, scoring to 4,22 runs behind the over Racing 359 for 3 at the end of the game 1. Day.
Jaiswal played his first test in England, Gill his fourth, and Sai Sudharsan was on his debut – a fact that could play in England’s thinking. The last six headingley tests have seen that the Bowling team first appeared victorious, but critics suggested that England was too much focused on past results than the current conditions.
“Don’t think you think too much. You look at the surface and decide what you think will give you the best chance. You won’t keep fixing it,” Southee admitted. “But I think you will look at the weather around and I think there is a little moisture left this morning.
While England the pitch and Indian performance meant a significant shift in their launch era, with Jaiswal and Gill made a strong statement in the absence of higher persons, such as Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Their shifts not only laid a powerful platform for India, but also set the tone for the newly introduced Anderson-test trophy Anderson-Test.
The challenge for England is now to respond with the bat – and hoping that the surface, as Southee designed, remains good enough to get into the competition.
Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
June 21, 2025
