‘Every time questions were requested, he answered with his bat’ – Former Indian wicketkeeper hails Shubman Gill | Cricket News – Times of India

India captain Shubman Gill (Ben Whitley/PA through AP)

Former Indian wicketkeeper-batter Parthiv Patel praised Test captain Shubman Gill for his excellent efficiency within the current England sequence that resulted in a 2-2 draw, the place Gill amassed 754 runs at a mean of 75.40 with 4 centuries, together with a profession-finest 269.Gill’s efficiency marked the second-highest run complete by an Indian in a Test sequence, trailing solely Sunil Gavaskar’s 774 runs in opposition to West Indies in 1971. It was additionally the second-highest runs by a captain in a Test sequence after Don Bradman’s 810 runs in opposition to England in 1936/37.The Indian skipper surpassed Yashasvi Jaiswal’s earlier file of 712 runs in opposition to England, setting a brand new benchmark for many runs by an Indian in a sequence in opposition to England.Prior to this sequence, Gill had struggled exterior Asia, failing to attain above 40 runs since his notable 91-run innings in opposition to Australia at Brisbane in 2021, regardless of getting a number of good begins.

“Four centuries, an average of 75.40, and more than 750 runs — all scored across different conditions. Earlier, when he walked out to bat, there were questions: Will he be able to perform in the SENA countries? Can he deliver consistently? But look at the answers he has given. 147 runs in the first innings at Headingley. In the second innings, people said he threw his wicket away after that big score,” Parthiv mentioned on ‘Follow The Blues’.“Then came 269 runs in the first innings at Edgbaston. Again, the talk was that it might prove to be less, but he followed it up with 161 in the second innings. In the third Test, he got out early in both innings, and questions about his form began again, even though he had already scored 430 runs in the previous match. And then came that hundred in Manchester, in a match India needed to draw. Whenever there’s been a challenge, whenever questions have been asked, Gill has answered them perfectly with his bat,” Parthiv added.

Gill’s efficiency surpassed his idol Virat Kohli’s file for probably the most profitable SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) tour by an Indian batter. Kohli beforehand held this file with 692 runs in 4 Tests in opposition to Australia in 2014.The sequence additionally noticed Gill cross the 6,000-run milestone in worldwide cricket. His profession statistics now stand at 6,000 runs in 118 matches at a mean of 46.15, with 18 centuries and 25 fifties.In Test cricket particularly, Gill has gathered 2,615 runs at a mean of 41.35 in 37 Tests and 69 innings, together with 9 centuries and 7 fifties.