Shubman Gill is receiving large reward from the cricket fraternity after his heroics within the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. He was appointed because the captain of India’s Check workforce forward of the England tour, and he has made a implausible impression in his first two matches within the new function.
Shubman has slammed 585 runs in 4 innings at a mean of 146.25 on the England tour up to now. Final week, he led India to their first-ever Check win at Edgbaston after the Asian giants had misplaced seven Checks and drawn one on the iconic venue since 1967.
Former England batter Kevin Pietersen, who was the mentor of Delhi Capitals within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, recalled his dialog with Gujarat Titans captain Shubman in the course of the 10-team event. The cricketer-turned-commentator informed him that he has change into busier on the crease than earlier than, and is transferring his ft actively.
“He’s change into busy on the crease. I keep in mind being a little bit bit crucial of him a couple of years in the past when he was taking part in for KKR — saying in commentary that he appeared lazy and a bit sluggish on the wicket. However now he’s a lot busier. He’s change into higher. I really mentioned that to him in the course of the IPL — I informed him, ‘You’ve change into much more busy, and I actually like how energetic your ft are. I like how dedicated you’re, each on the entrance foot and the again foot,” Pietersen mentioned.
Pietersen praised Shubman’s pull shot and referred to as him an “absolute star”. The previous cricketer additionally recollected that he had caught his neck out and urged the Indian workforce administration to again the Punjab batter when he wasn’t scoring too many runs earlier in his Check profession.
“The pull shot he’s taking part in proper now could be simply nice. He’s an absolute star. And truthfully, I’m grateful — as a result of I put my head on the block a couple of years in the past after I mentioned, ‘Please depart Shubman alone — he’s a high quality participant’ — even when he wasn’t scoring runs. So fortunately, he’s come good,” he added.
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