Sitanshu Kotak Coach was thinking about the extraordinary form of SHUBMAN GILLA in England after taking over the captain in the Anderson-Dendulkar trophy. Kotak explained a dramatic shift in Gill’s wealth, especially with a bat, and scored many of them a change in thinking and technical modifications.
Kotak was clear that he was not binding Gill’s Peak Form Simply responsibility for leadership, instead of recognizing the lasting effort Gill developed before England Tour.
“I don’t think it’s because of a captain that has changed things. I feel it is more about his thinking. I saw it in Australia during our initial training struggle and later in the Indian series, which then changed then.
India organized the first training on an iconic place in preparation for the third test from 10 July.
“So I think it’s much more about his thinking. Now he’s in the mind where he wants to spend time for a fold. And as I said earlier, his skill is that any free ball he gets will convert it to the border.
When Gill was named Indian Captain of the Test in June, questions were asked whether he deserved this role. Critics pointed to his modest overseas record, especially in hay countries (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia), where only 25.70 with only two fifty tests in 11 tests.
However, this average has now increased to 45.79 after record passage in the first two trophies of Anderson-Tendulkar.
Gill began a tour with a century in the first test in Leeds, where India suffered a defeat despite the gathering of 800 runs. In the second test Gill again led from the frontThe turn of the century to mammoth 269 in the first shifts, followed by another commanding STO-161 in the second India India, did not repeat the mistakes of the first test when giving up dominant positions through the collapse of bats.
Mental discipline
Kotak quoted a specific instance to illustrate Gill’s mental shift and his growing ability to learn from past mistakes.
“I would say it’s more mental and yes, certainly a little technical adaptation he has done. But I think it’s mainly the mental-shaping I have seen in the way he is tatrked.
“Everyone had to notice: in the first game, the second shift, he played the shot soon that he later admitted that he was premature. He spoke about it. Then he did not play a single shot in the next test until he was properly set up.
Gill has now become the first body in the history of test crickets that won twice, followed by 150 in consecutive shifts. With 585 runs in just two tests, it is about challenging some of the most famous records in the history of the test, which in 1970-71 runs to Don Bradman in one series (Ashes, 1930).
The young captain attracts Lord’s fields for the third test that plunges with confidence, because India looks like it gets forward in what has already been an exciting competition.
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Published:
Akshay Ramesh
Published on:
8 July 2025
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