Shubman Gill’s century lights up Edgbaston as India take control on Day 1
New Delhi: Shubman Gill smashed his second consecutive century as captain in England, with which India has scored 310 runs for five wickets till stumps against England on the first day of the second Test on Wednesday. Shubman Gill (scoring 114 runs off 216 balls) and Ravindra Jadeja (scoring 41 runs off 67 balls) are present at the crease till the end of the game. There has been an unbeaten partnership of 99 runs between the two batsmen.
Without Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah, the Indian team, which came out with three all-rounders in the final eleven, performed balanced in batting, like Leeds, the pitch of Edgbaston is also helpful for the batsmen and in the absence of Bumrah, India will have to score at least 500 runs.
Rishabh Pant, who scored a century in both innings in the first Test, scored 25 runs in 42 balls while Nitish Kumar Reddy, who was selected in place of Shardul Thakur, could score only one run. Both these batsmen were out in the last session. Pant was caught by Jack Crowley at long on off Bashir, while Reddy was bowled by Chris Woakes.
Who missed the century on day 1?
Earlier, Yashasvi Jaiswal missed out on a century. In the second session, Stokes got Jaiswal caught by Jamie Smith behind the wicket on a short and wide ball, Jaiswal scored 87 runs in 107 balls with the help of 13 fours. India scored 84 runs in the second session after losing the wicket of Jaiswal in 28 overs. Gill narrowly escaped a strong appeal for LBW on the ball of Brydon Carse in the 34th over, he hit a four on extra cover to England’s only spinner Bashir while Pant hit him for a six over mid-on.
What made Team India sad?
In the first hour of the morning, KL Rahul (2 runs in 26 balls) was dismissed cheaply by Chris Woakes. Just before lunch, Kars gave India the second blow by getting Karun Nair (31 runs) caught by Harry Brook at second slip. In the first hour, the ball did not swing much but got a lot of seam, Kars tried to bowl the ball on the chest of Jaiswal but this young batsman faced it well. He started by hitting some good cover drives to Kars, he also played great pool shots to Stokes, Nair, who was sent up in the batting order, was also bowled many full length balls by England’s fast bowlers but he gave a befitting reply by hitting fours in cover and straight.
What changes did Team India make?
India has rested Jasprit Bumrah in this match. Washington Sundar is playing in place of Sai Sudarshan and Nitish Kumar Reddy is playing in place of Shardul Thakur. Fast bowler Akash Deep has also got a place while wrist spinner Kuldeep is out again. After failing to take 20 wickets in the first match, questions are being raised on the decision to keep Kuldeep out of the team.
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