Highlights of Day’s Play
India’s second day of play came to a close at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium in Dharamshala at 473/8 thanks to the tenacity of Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah. England is far behind the game as the hosts lead by 255 runs. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill had earlier given the side the lead with incredible hundreds. Following the enormous collaboration, Sarfaraz Khan and rookie Devdutt Padikkal scored fifty runs apiece. The best bowler for England so far is Shoaib Bashir, who has four wickets. Gill scored his 4th test century while Rohit Sharma scored his 12th test ton . Rohit equalled Sunil Gavaskar’s record of most centuries as opener against England in Tests. Since 2021 Rohit showed immense consistency and has scored 6 tons most by any Indian in the format.
Gill’s Interview
Shubman Gill’s father had also been his coach since childhood and was in attendance when his son smashed his fourth Test hundred in Dharamshala. Gill shed light on how it was his father’s dream to see him play for India and hoped that he was proud of what his son had achieved. “This was my father’s dream to see me play at this level. It was his vision. So I hope he would be proud of my performance today. I feel I missed out on a big one today. Even the ball that I got out to, I felt I didn’t sight that ball properly. But apart from that, I’m feeling good and hopefully, everytime I go out there I will be able to.” Gill added
Conclusion of Day 2
At the conclusion of Day 1 of batting, India amassed 135 runs from 30 overs with only losing one wicket, after having cruised down the English batting order and giving up 218 runs. Former Test star Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav shared nine wickets earlier in the day, with the left-arm wrist spinner taking his first four of the series. On Day 3 India will be looking to solidify their innings and will try to score as many runs they can. India are very well ahead on the game.