Shubman Gill scored 754 runs in the five-match Test series.
From a legend to a youngster! Cricket isn’t just about tips and advice from one generation to another. There is a lot more to the game than just runs and wickets. Former Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar was seen handing over a memento to the current captain Shubman Gill after the end of play on Day 3 of the ongoing fifth Test. The Indian skipper was presented with a shirt with the initials ‘SG’ (which stands for both Sunil Gavaskar and Shubman Gill). Additionally, Gavaskar also gave away a cap with his signature.
To shed some light, the Indian legend added that the shirt was gifted to him by someone, and that he wanted to pass it along to Shubman Gill. He also mentioned that the cap he was giving away goes to a very few people, indicating that it was very rare. To top it all, Gavaskar stated his appreciation for the last over bowled by Mohammed Siraj. Shubman Gill worked with Siraj to set a ploy against England opener Zak Crawley. Crawley was dismissed to a blazing yorker in the closing moments on Day 3.
Watch this video in which Sunil Gavaskar is seen giving away the memento to Shubman Gill, as the youngster scored 754 runs in the Test series, just 20 runs behind Gavaskar’s record of 774 runs.
Gill was named India’s Test skipper after Rohit Sharma announced retirement from the longest format of the game. However, the 25-year-old’s first assignment wasn’t anything close to an easy one. India last won a Test series on English soil in 2007, and the task for Gill was cut out. The Indian skipper will be pretty pleased with the way things have panned out. Gill managed to marshal his troops really well in the series, and will only go upwards from this point.
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Apart from his captaincy, the Gujarat Titans (GT) skipper was a menace with the bat. The Indian skipper scored 754 runs with the bat in the five-match Test series, just 20 runs behind Sunil Gavaskar. He made his intentions clear in the very first match of the series, with a blistering 147 in the first innings of the first Test. Though India went on to lose the Test in Leeds despite scoring five hundreds in the game, they came back in a strong way in Birmingham.
Shubman Gill scored a total of 430 runs in the second Test. This comprised a double century in the first innings, as well as a well-structured century in the second. His 269 in the first, and 161 in the second innings at Edgbaston sent multiple records tumbling. Though Gill couldn’t get going at the Home of Cricket, he bounced back in Manchester with a ton. At the age of 25, Gill holds 6000 runs in international cricket. This is a feat which is not ordinary by any means.
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