Sachin Tendulkar on what made Shubman Gill unstoppable: ‘Calm, composed and organised’ | Cricket News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: India captain Shubman Gill confirmed outstanding consistency in his method and demonstrated respect for “good balls” en path to a file-breaking 754-run tally within the Test collection in opposition to England, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar stated on Tuesday.While Gill narrowly missed surpassing Sunil Gavaskar’s file of most runs by an Indian in a bilateral Test collection (774), he did eclipse Gavaskar’s mark of most runs by an Indian captain in a collection (732). With 754 runs, Gill now sits second on the all-time captains’ listing, behind solely Sir Don Bradman, who scored 810.“Shubman batted brilliantly throughout the series. He looked calm, composed and organised,” Tendulkar said in a series of videos posted on Reddit.“When it comes to quality batting, you got to have a clear head and a game plan — how you’re going to build your innings — and he was extremely consistent as far as his thought process was concerned, because it reflects on your footwork.”

“If you’re not clear in your head, your body doesn’t respond accordingly. His body was responding brilliantly. He looked so much in control. He had so much time to play the ball and there was precision to his footwork,” he added.Tendulkar highlighted Gill’s ability to deal with quality deliveries as a key strength.“The most necessary factor that I seen was the respect to a great ball, the place the tendency typically is to push the ball on the entrance foot, even when it isn’t near your foot,” he stated.“He was capable of defend there and persistently defend properly on entrance foot. If you have a look at how he batted all through the collection, I felt that his entrance foot defence was strong. His capacity to depart the ball was superb. Overall, shot choice was very, superb and exact.”‘SUPERB APPROACH’ BY SIRAJTendulkar was additionally full of reward for pacer Mohammed Siraj, who led India’s bowling assault through the 5-match collection and picked up 23 wickets, together with a match-profitable spell at The Oval within the remaining Test.“Unbelievable. Superb approach. I like his attitude,” Tendulkar said.

“I like the spring in his legs. If you do not have a look at the scoreboard and you simply have a look at his physique language, you won’t be able to make out whether or not it’s on a day Siraj has taken 5 wickets or has obtained nothing – the physique language is identical.”“(Siraj’s) angle and method are the identical. If a quick bowler is continually in your face like that, no batsman likes that,” he stated.The batting maestro famous that whereas India have been barely off the mark throughout England’s sturdy partnership between Joe Root and Harry Brook on Day Four, the group responded impressively the next day.“The team played like a solid unit. From the time they walked out on the field (on Day Five), everyone looked charged up and focused. As we say, planning-wise, there was a definite plan. There was much more discipline in their approach, especially the bowlers,” he said.“If you discover, on the fourth (day) night, I feel they have been missing a bit of self-discipline and that invariably occurs when there’s a partnership (and) two batters are taking part in an attacking sport,” he added.‘LEAVE RISHABH ALONE’Tendulkar spoke about wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant, saying that while he has figured out his game, he should not be overly scrutinised for his shot selection.

“He has developed a great behavior of taking part in impactful innings. He’s found out his sport. There have been events the place folks felt that he did not must play a sure shot, however somebody like Rishabh needs to be left alone,” Tendulkar stated.“I’m not saying that (he ought to assault) if you’re seeking to save a match — then clearly he has to have a unique method. But if it is the primary innings, or the second innings, or the third innings, and even for that matter, if he is taking part in within the fourth innings, through which state of affairs (permits), that he is found out.”JADEJA, JAISWAL, RAHUL EARN PRAISETendulkar called senior all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja an “underrated participant” who doesn’t always get the credit he deserves.“I’d say, an underrated participant. The means he contributes, he does not get that a lot credit score. As a batter, he has been outstanding on this collection. Not solely on this collection, however when you discover many instances, he’ll come and he’ll rattle the opposition,” he said.He also lauded Yashasvi Jaiswal’s fearless approach and maturity at the crease.“He (Jaiswal) has impressed me as a result of of his mindset. Because he’s a fearless batsman and he is aware of when to speed up, when to play and (take a) run, (and) when to go to the non-striker finish. I feel a batter wants to know that,” he said.Tendulkar was equally impressed by KL Rahul’s composed and disciplined batting.“It’s presumably one of the perfect that I’ve seen him (Rahul) bat. The means he was defending, near the physique and the way in which he was leaving the ball, I assumed he was fully organised,” he stated.“He knew the place his off stump was and the place to depart the ball. I nearly obtained this sense that typically he was capable of frustrate the bowler,” he added.