When former England cricketer David Lloyd If we compare a player, the cricket world listens carefully. This time he praised India’s new middle order batsman and mentioned the decency and beauty of Mohammad Azharuddin. Lloyd praised the young player’s brilliant shots and confident style at the crease and said that Azhar’s quiet and live batting memories were refreshed after seeing his game.
This player’s name is none other than Shubman Gill Hai, who has played the responsibility of number four in the Indian Test team and has also played the role of captain well.
After scoring a brilliant century in the headingley, Gill scored an unbeaten 114 off 216 balls in the second Test and took India out of the difficult situation and brought it to a strong position. Lloyd explained how Gill has fully fitted himself for number four in the Test team, and has performed his class and reliable batting by scoring a continuous century in the first headingley and then in Edgbaston.
Lloyd praised Gill’s batting ease and beauty and said that Mohammad reminds him of Azharuddin. In the Daily Mail, he wrote, “Gill is batting excellent at number four. He scored a century in the headingley and now another. Seeing him, it seems that batting is easy for him. He looks calm and stunned.
On the first day of the second Test, when India was in crisis at 95/2, Gill came to bat. He handled the innings while playing wisely and also made aggressive shots while remaining calm. His batting included covers drive and beautiful flicks shots played with wrist, which make Test cricket worth watching.
Gill was praised all around this innings. Former England player David Lloyd also appreciated his batting, but also mentioned Gill’s challenges about the captaincy. Lloyd said, “Gill is only 25 years old. The captaincy is new to him and in the Leeds Test he was sometimes seen a little entangled. Now his next challenge is to become comfortable in captaincy.” Gill with his second consecutive century Virat Kohli, Vijay Hazare and Sunil Gavaskar For example, he has joined the list of great players, who scored a century in the first two Tests as soon as he became a captain.
