“If not you, then who?”: Shubman Gill shares words of encouragement from Rahul Dravid

After India’s win over England in the fourth Test, Indian batsman Shubman Gill celebrated the win by sharing some words of inspiration from his head coach Rahul Dravid. Remarkable efforts with the bat from Indian youngsters Shubman Gill and Dhruv Jurel took the hosts across the finish line and clinched the series with a five-wicket win in the fourth Test against England on Monday. Gill wrote on Instagram, “If not you, then who? If not now, then when?” -Rahul Dravid.”

These words actually reflect Gill’s current status as a Test player. The young batsman was under scrutiny after a slump, due to which he could not score more than fifty in 12 innings. During this period, he often wasted his good starts and was unable to convert them into big scores. But during this series and the must-win match, it was Gill, often considered the poster-boy of the future of Indian cricket by fans and various former cricketers, who played brilliant innings under pressure and when it mattered, he showed immense Showed maturity and patience. majority of.

Gill has performed really well in the series so far, following a successful outing in Australia in 2021 with some consistent scoring performances after a strange period in Test cricket. In four matches, Gill has scored 342 runs in eight innings at an average of 48.85. With one century and two half-centuries. His best score was 104 runs in the second Test in Vizag.

Gill has had a good year as a Test player, scoring 388 runs in 10 innings of five matches at an average of 43.11 with one century and two fifties.

This Test should have been won at any cost, England won the toss and chose to bat first and ended their first innings on 353 runs, mainly due to the failure of key batsman and former captain Joe Root (122* from 274 balls, 10 fours). That included a brilliant comeback century. ), Ollie Robinson (58 from 96 balls, with the help of nine fours and one six) and Ben Fox (47 from 126 balls, with the help of four fours and one six).

Ravindra Jadeja (4/67) and Akash Deep (3/83) were the best bowlers for India.

In reply to England’s 353 runs, India was all out for 307 runs in its first innings. Despite another aggressive innings from Yashasvi Jaiswal (73 runs from 117 balls with the help of eight fours and a six), India collapsed to 219/7 in front of Jurel (90 runs from 149 balls). , with the help of six fours and four sixes) along with Kuldeep (28 from 131 balls) made a 76-run partnership for the eighth wicket and took India beyond 300 runs.

Spinner Shoaib Bashir troubled the Indian batsmen for the first time by taking five wickets (5/119). Tom Hartley (3/68) and James Anderson (2/48) also recorded impressive figures.

Jurrell’s lion-hearted rearguard effort in lower-order company not only lifted India out of the pile but also helped reduce England’s first innings lead to 46 runs.

In their second innings, England were all out for only 145 runs, with some resistance from Zak Crawley (60 from 91 balls, with seven fours) and Jonny Bairstow (30 from 42 balls, with the help of three fours). The spinners took all 10 wickets for India, with Ravichandran Ashwin (5/51) and Kuldeep Yadav (4/22) topping the bowling charts for the hosts.

Chasing the target of 192 runs for an unassailable 3-1 lead in the series, the hosts got off to a great start, thanks to captain Rohit Sharma (55 runs from 81 balls with the help of five fours and a six) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (44 runs from 44 balls) 37 runs with the help of five fours and one six) made a good start. Fours) and made an opening partnership of 84 runs.

However, before that happened Bashir brought the visitors back into the game, taking 3/79 and leaving India at 120/5.

Subsequently, Shubman Gill (52* from 124 balls, with two sixes) and Dhruv Jurel (39* from 77 balls, with two fours) led India to a five-wicket series win.

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