“Tried to be …”: Shubman Gill Reveals Mentality after Walking in to Bat at 19/2 in 1st ODI vs England

As India Slumped to 19/2 in the Sixth over Chasing a modest target of 249 in 50 overs, all shubman Gill was thinking of was to stay positive and not to take to take too many risks and not get too defensive. Player of the match gill did all these things, top-scored for India with 87 and shared Crucial Partnerships with Shreyas Iyer (59) and Axar Patel (52) to Help India to a Four-World Win Egland in the firing in the fir Three-match series at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium Here on Thursday.

India went into the match without the Talismanic Virat Kohli, who was unavailable because of a sore right knee, and at that juncture loosing yashasvi jaiswal (15) and rohit sharma (2) cheaply was a recipe a recipe. But gill batted sensibly and with Iyer playing a counter-atacking innings, Helped India to Safety.

Gill said his thoughts at 19/2 was to be positive and play sensibly as the parsrs were getting some assistance.

“Trying to be positive. There was a little in it for fast bowles. On the back foot. Good decision on his (Iyer’s) Part also helped me, “said gill in the post-match presentation.

Gill said batting was a bit Dificult as the wicket a bit sticky in the second innings.

“I thought it was a bit double-paced. Spinners varied their pace well, when they bolad slow, it was turning. .

Asked about his role after being promoted to vice-captain, gill said noting much has changed for him in terms of batting.

“In batting not much has changed, but on the field, I want to know what the thought is and what rohit bhai thinks and give my inputs. Said Gill.

With the champions trophy in dubai looming on the horizon, gill would hope to continue in the same vein in the next two odis Against England and Go ICC TOURNAMENT with SOME BIG RUME BIG RUME.

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