India’s Captain Shubmangill did a commendable job of winning the second Test at Edbaston. This forced even former England skipper Nasser Hussein to praise the Indian star.
After winning 1014 in both innings of the Birmingham Test, India claimed the biggest victory for a non-Indian team as they won the match with a large margin of 336 runs.
Nasser Hussain was one of the first players to primarily criticize newly appointed 25-year-old Indian skipper Shubman Gill. The criticism came after India lost its first test in Leeds. Because he said Gil doesn’t look like a captain with constant input from Rishabh Pants and KL Raal.
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Nasser Hussain supported Shubman Gill after the Edgbaston test
Nasser Hussain criticized Gill’s captain after the end of his first test at Headingley. He said:
“I honestly thought I’d seen someone find their way. I have to be very careful with the first Test match, the people he took over, Kohli and Rohit Sharma. He thought he didn’t have that on-field aura, like the name mentioned there.”
However, after Edgbaston’s Test won and marked a difference with Virat Kohli’s captain, Hussain welcomed Shubman Gill’s “serene and composed” attitude towards the field on the field during his field as an Indian skipper at Edgbaston.
“He’s always going to be calm and composed. You’ve been listening to that interview. He has a very low heartbeat. He’s not going to be a Koritype character. He has a low heartbeat, but that helps.”
“Look at this crowd today. We’re looking at everything about India. We might need someone just to calm our team,” the former English player added.
Nasser Hussein also praises Akash Deep’s end-swap, calling it a “master stroke.”
In the minutes of the second Test day 5, Indian Captain Shubmangill made the controversial call as he asked the game’s most successful bowler, Akash Deep, to trade for a new ball despite choosing two wickets from the same end.
Akash Deep’s end swap shocked Naserf Sain as the captain didn’t think about it, but Gill brought about a shocking change. Akash Deep bowled from this edge and chose four more wickets as he finished the inning with six wickets in Edgbaston.
“He did subtle things we don’t do. Akash bowled this purpose beautifully. This morning he was thinking of starting this end. He started him at the end and it worked.
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Shubman Gill did it right in the running hut.
The Indian skipper has been praised primarily by Nasser Hussein for his tactical moves. He is said to need help from fellow seniors like Rabindra Jadeha and KL Rahul, but despite everything, he is considered the next generation of India skipper because his attitude is made up.
Shubman Gill won a heap of runs as he scored two centuries in the first innings and followed by 161 in his second play, building to 430 runs in the match.
“The most important thing is to run. That’s his number one job, and he has a lot of running,” said the former England veteran.