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Then being able to draw the series would be India’s biggest achievement.
Experience of leading only five first-class matches. Questions about his form on foreign soil. He also knew that he would not get the best pacer Jasprit Bumrah in all the matches. The team does not have the experienced Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. When Shubman Gill set foot in England in early June with such a team, there were a thousand questions. There were no answers.
Then being able to draw the series would be India’s biggest achievement.
How did Gill’s India do in the England series after two months? Is there any room for criticism? I don’t think so. The initial shock of losing the first Test at Headingley. Then a brilliant comeback at Edgbaston, that too without Bumrah. India fought hard and lost by 22 runs at Lord’s. A draw after passing the ordeal at Old Trafford. Now there is one more match left, where a win is a draw. Standing in the last Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, Gill’s young India team is looking at the possibility of drawing the series 2-2. Gill believes that it is a big achievement for India to win and draw the series at the Oval. He said in a press conference the day before the match, “The scorecard of the series does not say everything. It was not clear who would win every match for four days. It is a big achievement for us to fight every match with such a young team on foreign soil. And if we can draw the series, that will be a huge achievement.”
In this century, India won the series in England in 2007. In 2021-22, the series was drawn 2-2. Both the Indian teams were very experienced then. In comparison, this time the team is very new.
Experience of leading only five first-class matches. Questions about his form on foreign soil. He also knew that he would not get the best pacer Jasprit Bumrah in all the matches. The team does not have the experienced Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. When Shubman Gill set foot in England in early June with such a team, there were a thousand questions. There were no answers.
How did Gill’s India do in the England series after two months? Is there any room for criticism? I don’t think so. The initial shock of losing the first Test at Headingley. Then a brilliant comeback at Edgbaston, that too without Bumrah. India fought hard and lost by 22 runs at Lord’s. A draw after passing the ordeal at Old Trafford. Now there is one more match left, where a win is a draw. Standing in the last Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, Gill’s young India team is looking at the possibility of drawing the series 2-2. Gill believes that it is a big achievement for India to win and draw the series at the Oval. He said in a press conference the day before the match, “The scorecard of the series does not say everything. It was not clear who would win every match for four days. It is a big achievement for us to fight every match with such a young team on foreign soil. And if we can draw the series, that will be a huge achievement.”
In this century, India won the series in England in 2007. In 2021-22, the series was drawn 2-2. Both the Indian teams were very experienced then. In comparison, this time the team is very new.
