[WATCH] Shubman Gill Commits Blunder With a Costly Run-Out on Day 1 of ENG vs IND 5th Test

India skipper Shubman Gill gave away his wicket on day one of the fifth and final Test against England at The Oval on Thursday. Gill was facing England pacer Gus Atkinson in the 28th over.

How Shubman Gill was run-out

It was a length ball on off-stump in the second ball of the over and Gill played a push on the offside but that was never supposed to be a run.

Gill, however, misjudged it completely and set off for the run nevertheless, and Atkinson was quick enough to collect the ball and correctly hit the stumps at the batter’s end before Gill could make his way back to safety.

Former India cricketer Sanjay Bangar credited Gill for not reacting aggressively following his dismissal. “It was a clear error of judgement on the part of Shubman Gill. It went far too straight to the bowler. It gave no chance to his partner. Sai Sudharsan did think of a single too, but once he realised, he was quick to raise his hand. Clear case of error from Shubman. There was no run there,” he said.

At the time of writing this report, India were 85/3 after 29 overs on what has been a rain-interrupted day in London so far. Karun Nair (0*) had joined Sai Sudharsan (28*) in the middle.

Shubman Gill’s performance in ENG vs IND Test series so far

Barring his run-out on Thursday, the Punjab batter has enjoyed quite a memorable Test series against England so far. He is currently leading the top run-getters’ chart with 743 runs from nine innings at an average of 82.56, including four centuries. This also included a knock of 269 in the first innings of the second Test at Edgbaston, which came in a match-winning feat.

The 25-year-old is just 38 runs short of surpassing Sunil Gavaskar’s record of scoring the most runs by an Indian batter in a bilateral Test series. The legendary cricketer had scored 774 runs from eight innings in a Test series against West Indies, which was his debut series.

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England, who won the first and third Tests, currently lead the series 2-1. India won the second Test in Birmingham by 336 runs whereas the fourth Test at Old Trafford ended in a dramatic draw. India will look to share the spoils with England with a series-levelling win at The Oval.

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