Desperate times require desperate measures and SHUBMAN GILL has delivered the 4th day of an oval test. When England kicked through Joe Root and Harry Brook, the Indian captain found himself in hunting and perhaps fully fit of a fast pitch.
When the session began to slip, Gill turned to the wounded Akash Deep stimulator, which previously took a painful wound to his shaving from the stream straight and was heard on the stump microphone and said, “Injection of Liya Ky Tum?” (Did you take the injection?). The moment that clearly picked up the sound in the field caused reactions across social media. Some fans laughed while others sympathized with a visibly stretched bowling unit.
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It wasn’t a gill cracking joke. He was a captain who had run out. When the spacing unfounded and spinners offering a minimum threat, Indian addiction on their naval only grew. Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna hard toiled, but the partnership of the root Broka looked bleak. Bringing Akash deep back into the attack, even a bruised leg, suddenly felt necessary.
Akash has already pointed to his credit. After taking the shin wound just before lunch, he blocked to finish. But as the English resistance continued to build, Gill’s urgency to get all his speeds back into the rotation was loud and clear, and that happened just caught on the microphone.
Commentator Sanjay Bangar noted the meaning of Gill’s call and pointed out that the team was clearly trying to switch back to the pace. For fans it was a rare unopulated moment of cricket reality. Raw, slightly funny and quite relative.
Although the late increase after tea saw how the stream and root in a quick sequence, England still needs only 35 runs to win with four goals in hand. With the high pressure and clouds that are approaching the oval, the match remains very alive and is still still fighting for India.
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Published:
Debodinna Chakracorty
Published on:
4th August 2025
