Indian captain Shubman Gill had a chance to score a triple century in the second Test against england, but missed it by 31 runs. After the defeat of the Shubman Gill-led indian team in the first Test, the second Test match began in Birmingham on Wednesday. In this, the england captain won the toss and elected to bowl first. After this, jaiswal lost the match by 87 runs and Karun Nair was out for 31 runs in the indian team that fielded. pant lost the match by 25 runs and nitish kumar Reddy by one run. In this situation, when the indian team was struggling, Gill and ravindra jadeja played a responsible game and added runs. This pair crossed 200 runs. Gill, who scored a century in 199 balls at one end, continued to play a responsible game. The english team players were unable to take his wicket.
Due to this, Gill completed his double century in his first Test cricket in 311 balls. He continued to show action and added 250 runs in 348 balls. Due to this, the fans expected Gill to score a triple century. But after scoring 269 runs, Gill was bowled by josh Dun. Gill's innings included 30 fours and three sixes. After Gill was out, all the cricket fans in the stadium stood up and applauded. The english players also shook their hands and sent him on his way. In this context, Gill has achieved a great feat. Gill has set a record as the indian player who has scored the most runs on english soil in the 93-year history of indian Test cricket. Not only that, Gill has also set a record as the fourth-highest run-scorer in the 93-year history of the indian cricket team. sachin tendulkar had scored 248 runs against bangladesh in Dhaka and virat kohli had scored 254 runs against south africa in Pune. Now Gill has surpassed both these players with 269 runs and has taken first place.
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Sowmiya Sriram

04/07/2025 06:39 AM