“Preparations started from IPL itself …” Shubman Gill told the hard work behind the historic double century
Shubman gill preparations: Under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, the Indian team seems to be completely dominating the second Test against England. By the end of the second day’s play, India has taken 3 wickets of England after scoring a huge score of 587 runs.
The most important role in this magnificent performance was played by Captain Shubman Gill himself, who scored a historic double century in the first innings. After the day’s play ended, Shubman Gill had a special conversation with Deep Dasgupta about his batting and preparation.
Shubman Gill told the story of his preparation
Shubman Gill said that he is very satisfied with the current situation as Team India is in a strong position. He said that his preparation had started during the IPL itself, which made it easy for Test cricket to mold himself.
Shubman Gill said, “We are currently in a good position. I worked on some things and its effect started to appear till the end of the IPL, which was very important before going to Test cricket. The way things are going on so far, they are proving beneficial for me.”
He told fielding important
Discussing the fielding, Shubman Gill said, “I did not take any catch in the slip in the last few days because I was paying attention to batting, but now it was nice to catch the catch. Fielding was very important in this match and we had discussed that if we did half the better fielding in the last match, the result would have been different.”
How was the second day
In the second day’s game, Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja shared more than 200 runs for the sixth wicket. Washington Sundar also contributed significantly with batting in the lower order. The Indian team scored 587 runs in the first innings. In response, England have scored 77 for 3 wickets till the end of the day’s play and is still 510 runs behind. Team India is in a completely strong position in the match.