People will now be called Shubman Gill, not a juggler, who got up and win every tax, because the Chakravyuh captain made with his five most special people to win Azbaston’s Mahabharata, the British army was completely entangled in it. What batting, what bowling, the Indian team’s army trampled the English team in every department.
Captain Shubman Gill could rarely forget this match as a captain and a batsman. Because with the victory of the team, he won everyone’s heart with his batting. In the first innings, Gill scored an unbeaten innings of 269 runs which broke Gavaskar’s record in 1979. In the second innings, Gill scored many places in records by scoring 161 runs in 162 balls according to the team’s need. The double century +150+ score, the fastest Indian captain wrote his name on the number of sixes. A total of 430 runs in both innings, including a double century and one hundred-became the fifth such batsman who managed to score 400+ runs in a match. The performance of Gill was not only a personal achievement, but also a living example of confidence in giving a huge target of 600+ runs and confidence in captaincy. He not only took pressure under captaincy but also showed a brilliant mixture of aggression and discipline.
In the first innings, Siraj shook the English top order with 6 wickets, 6/70 record Siraj took a consecutive wickets in the middle of the middle and looked at England’s return hopes, the match went into India’s hands with his bowling. Siraj had said during the practice session before the match that he will play a big character in this Test and he was seen doing the same. In the first innings, with the second new ball, Siraj made the balls a seam on both sides and threw a spell which kept the English batting.
Akash Deep’s aggressive and fast bowling played an important role in taking wickets with the new ball. His speed and accuracy made India constant success. Akashdeep, who took 4 wickets in the first innings, constantly harassed the English top order batsmen. In the Azbaston Test, if you see the replay of being dismissed in both innings of Ben Docket, then you will understand how ready the bowler has got ready to play the Test in England and he knows the ball. Ben Docket was caught by Akashdeep in the slip in the first innings, which came out of the round the wicket in the air and came out a little on the pitch. The second innings was ready for such a ball in the second innings, then the ball came in from the angle and he became bold. If you analyze the wickets of Krali and Root, then you will find that they were giving the ball a chance to move the ball ahead.
In the Azbaston Test, the Indian vice captain scored a half -century in both innings and contributed significantly to the victory. In the first innings, Pant scored 65 runs in 65 balls, which included three sixes, and gave a fast pace to the Indian innings. Even in the second innings, Pant kept the speed in the middle of the aggressive batting and also put energy in the wicketkeeping, due to which India retained pressure.
When Jadeja came to the crease in the first innings of the Azbaston Test, India needed a partnership and Jadeja showed how much he can contribute to the bat. Jadeja shared a 208 -run partnership with Shubman Gill and he himself scored 89 runs during this partnership. In the second innings, he scored 69* runs, which was very decisive. Jadeja’s understanding and balance in bowling put the team in a balanced position. He contributed to both batting and bowling, which made Team India England heavy in the match.
Together these five players paved the way for India to ensure the Test victory in Edgbaston for the first time, the captaincy and batting of the Gill, the right line of the papers, and the balance and control of the middle-wall helped a brilliant team effort to create history in Azbaston.
