‘Captaincy suits batter Shubman Gill’: Twitter reacts as India captain slams sensational ton in Edgbaston Test

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India National Cricket Team Test skipper Shubman Gill played a wonderful knock in the second Test match against the England National Cricket Team on Wednesday, July 2.

The Edgbaston in Birmingham is hosting the second Test of the five-match series between the India National Cricket Team and the England National Cricket Team.

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Shubman Gill leads from the front again

Gill made his debut as India Test captain in the series opener against England at Headingley in Leeds and became the 37th man to lead India in the longest format of the game.

He impressed with the bat in his debut innings as Test captain as he slammed a sensational 147 runs off 227 balls, with 19 fours and 1 six, becoming the 33rd player to score a hundred on Test captaincy debut and the fifth Indian to achieve the feat. In the second innings, Gill was unable to recreate the magic of the first innings and fell for 8 runs.

Meanwhile, the right-handed batsman continued his good form with the bat and played an excellent knock in the second game.

Being invited to bat first in the match, India got off to a poor start, with KL Rahul being dismissed for 2 in the 9th over. Karun Nair, who was promoted to No.3, scored 31 runs off 50 balls before being dismissed in the 24th over.

Shubman Gill came to bat after the dismissal of Nair and played a cautious knock. He showcased a lot of patience in the middle and scored his slowest ever fifty off 125 balls.

Shubman Gill scores his 7th Test ton

Gill built a solid 66 runs stand in 131 balls with Yashasvi Jaiswal and then 47 runs in 90 balls with Rishabh Pant to put England under pressure.

Although Gill didn’t receive any support from Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja assisted his skipper well by playing a brilliant knock. Together, Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja shifted momentum towards India, and during the partnership, Shubman Gill smashed an epic ton.

He completed his ton on 199th ball with a four off Joe Root in the 80th over. Gill celebrated aggressively after becoming the third Indian batter to hit a ton in Birmingham after Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli. Also, he became the fourth Indian after Vijay Hazare, Sunil Gavaskar, and Virat Kohli to hit back-to-back hundreds in the first two matches as Test skipper.

“Back to back centuries for Shubman Gill. Very impressive. Incredible that his control percentage has been 96. He has taken to no 4 like a fish to water,” Harsha Bhogle wrote on X.

“Well done Captain Saab. Top level innings from Captain Shubman Gill. High class,” Irfan Pathan wrote on X.

“Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and now Shubman Gill… India is always blessed to have a solid world class batsman at No. 4. Maybe this continue forever. Gill continuing a great tradition,” Mohammad Kaif wrote on X.

Here’s how X reacted to Shubman Gill’s terrific ton: