by The moment of pain together came in the first hour. Ben Stokes had already bent four overs with a grimace, with the main character energy exuded for weapon quality and had to constantly massage the source of discomfort on his right shoulder. However, his heart was still intact when he broke through the wrinkle. He dropped Shubman Gill on 81 and released the determination of Klahul for 90 with an LBW SCUTTLER, the first Wicket in more than two sessions.
Gill, undefeated to 90, stood by the first ball from Stokes’ fifth. He would have been careful before one who would have spent after 192 deliveries and two days in the field. But then came the explosion, the ball distracted his glove into the lid. The bat fell off, the helmet came out, the right hand has its only concern. Stokes also looked broken with this victory. The couple could easily have gotten into a hug like two reinforced heavyweights after 12 laps.
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Except had to continue. Gill recovered and reached three figures – his fourth hundred of the series – kissed, kissed and raised his bat. He took a look at it that he was ready for more and a forward defense that England irritated last month. It was a matter of course to think of Ricky Ponting 20 years ago of Ricky Ponting, another captain who held on to his team to secure the draw. But an unpleasant swish outside against Jofra Archer brought the edge before lunch and sent it away for 103. England was ready to complete the series.
Gill had a special summer with extraordinary strikes to the stress of his new role. With his hundred he joined Don Bradman and Sunil Gavascar, the only other two captain who met four tons in a series. Gill is the first to do this from home. He started this series with the call of a virtuoso of the white ball that was still waiting to control the red. To conclude his conclusion, he will end up with more records, and confirms that he belongs to No. 4 and continues the great descent. Before him, Virat Kohli, beforehand him, Sachin Tendulkar.
But it is also brutality to be captain. Perhaps there was a break for Gill when he fought in this series, only the ball you should concentrate on, and none of the other noises. His page was particularly messed up in this test. They welcomed the No. 3 back after the first test and once again preferred a fighting sailor to the brilliance of Kuldeep Yadav, a wristwudder, whose persistent absence not only violated India, but also the spectacle of this series. Gill was waiting for an age to introduce the drift of Washington Sundar in England’s first innings, an opportunity that was awarded after the off-spinner’s excellence at Lord’s. This is still a side that tries to work everything after the departure of giants, Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin.
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Is it hard to discuss mistakes when Gill has done what he did? This is how this thing works. When Liam Dawson twisted in his first test for eight years that had won on the last day, voices in the comment box rightly questioned the lines and lengths, the comeback story quickly forgotten. The requirements are high, especially if you reach the level of Gills office.
What Gill’s team still has is the fight with the bat. Ravindra Jadeja showed it at Lord’s when he tried to win it in one, only for the late heartache at the other end. But this time he had a more capable partner, Sundar decided to keep the course and to see England, the armpits with his hands on the heads, the back half of the last day. The hosts had to deal with this unusual result: a draw.
When we entered the last 15 overs, the team that started on Sunday was still to dream of survival, happy to continue, centuries for both south paws. Stokes fed India Harry Brooks cake to form a bizarre scene when Jadeja hundreds of centuries in the series. Sundar still wanted to present his forward defense before he came to his first century of 206 balls. They wanted to beat, beat and beat, just like Gill made all the series, a page that plays in the image of their captain.
