“Try to use the legs”: Shubman Gill’s advice to Dhruv Jurel during match-winning partnership against England cricket news

Shubman Gill, who played a match-winning innings for India in the fourth Test against England, revealed the advice he gave to Dhruv Jurel. Jurel and Gill’s unbeaten 82-run partnership set up a famous series win for India and a five-wicket win in the fourth Test. This was India’s 17th series win in home conditions. After the game, Gill talked about the advice he gave Jurel during the match-winning partnership and revealed that he told him to play with the same mentality with which he played in the first innings in which he 90 runs were scored.

Gill while speaking said, “I told him (Jurel) that you batted brilliantly in the first innings and with the same mentality, try to use your legs to deny the off-spinner. The way he came out and played It was beautiful.” The host broadcaster during the post-match presentation.

All day England made India work hard for every run, especially when India were reduced to 120/5.

“They put us under pressure, but our openers gave us good starts, losing a few wickets added pressure. But Jurel came in and took the pressure off. You have to look at the situation and play accordingly – they bowled well. And defending the boundaries, not giving even maiden overs and continuing to take singles (was the mentality),” Gill said.

During his innings of 52*, Gill used his feet to effortlessly take singles and rotate the strike. His footwork was evident when he hit two consecutive sixes in Shoaib Bashir’s over to take India closer to the finishing line.

Gill talked about his approach and revealed that he used his legs to avoid getting trapped in front of the stumps.

“In the first innings the ball was not turning much and so I didn’t use my legs, but in the second innings I decided to use my legs to get him out LBW. It means a lot to us, to come here and We have to play the series with more batting experience after losing to KL after the first Test… but Rohit bhai supported us and gave us the confidence to go out and play with freedom,” Gill said.

India has now left for Dharamshala for the last test of the 5 test match series.

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