Shubman Gill along with his Participant of the Match medal, England vs India, 2nd Check, fifth day, Birmingham, July 6, 2025. — AFP
NEW DELHI: New captain Shubman Gill was hailed on Monday for main from the entrance after India recorded their maiden Check win at Edgbaston to stage the collection in opposition to England 1-1.
Gill, who notched a century in a shedding trigger within the first Check at Headingley, hit new heights in scoring 269 and 161 to arrange a crushing victory by 336 runs which leaves the five-match collection finely poised.
It was India’s first win in 9 Checks on the Birmingham venue, following seven earlier defeats and one draw.
Gill, 25, turned the youngest Indian Check skipper to register an abroad win in simply his second match in cost following the retirement of Rohit Sharma.
He eclipsed Sunil Gavaskar, who was 26 when he led India to victory over New Zealand at Auckland in 1976.
Gill got here into the collection with considerations over his batting common abroad, which had been lower than 30, however he has shut down all of the noise by stroking a outstanding 585 runs from 4 innings.
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar known as it a “Shublime innings from the man of the moment,” providing his congratulations for “powering India to a brilliant Test victory.”
Tendulkar, writing on social media, added: “India’s approach was to take England out of this game and force them to play differently, making sure that there would only be one winner.”
‘Drowning Avenue’
Quick bowler Akash Deep took a match haul of 10 wickets after changing the rested Jasprit Bumrah as England have been bowled out for 271 of their chase of 608 on day 5.
“What impressed me most about the bowlers was the length they bowled”, Tendulkar stated.
Deep took 6-99 within the second innings, together with bowling the world’s top-ranked Check batsman Joe Root with a supply that nipped away sharply and was known as the “ball of the series” by Tendulkar.
Batting nice Virat Kohli, who additionally retired earlier than the collection, stated: “Great victory for India at Edgbaston” and wrote that India had been “fearless and kept pushing England to the wall.”
“Brilliantly led by Shubman with the bat and in the field… special mention to (Mohammed) Siraj and Akash for the way they bowled,” he added.
Former captain Sourav Ganguly praised Gill’s efficiency and India’s superior bowling assault, calling Akash and Siraj “workhorses”.
The Instances of India stated: “Deep’s 10 send Eng to Drowning Street” and “Edg-bastian breached.”
The third Check of the five-match collection begins on Thursday at Lord’s.
