“Innings full of skill”- Sachin Tendulkar's special praise for Shubman Gill after well-timed ton in Vizag Test

After a series of miserable shows in Tests, Shubman Gill starred with the bat in the India vs England 2nd Test in Visakhapatnam. Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar took to X (Twitter) to congratulate Shubman Gill for his century. Sachin Tendulkar termed his knock ‘an innings full of skills’.

Shubman Gill has moved to the one-down spot in the IND vs ENG Test series after Yashasvi Jaiswal’s entry as an opener. While he struggled to score good knocks in IND vs ENG 1st Test, he arrived with a fabulous ton in the 2nd Test.

Moreover, Gill’s innings was a special one as India faced a mini-batting collapse in the 2nd innings. With a 225-run lead after 1st innings, India lost openers Rohit Sharma (13) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (17) cheaply. They later lost Shreyas Iyer (29) and Rajat Patidar (9) too. However, Gill’s knock uplifted Team India’s batting.

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Sachin Tendulkar lauds Shubman Gill on X for well-timed ton in Vizag Test

After watching Shubman Gill’s stunning batting show, former India opener and batting legend Sachin Tendulkar took to X to hail him. Tendulkar termed it a well-timed knock and called his innings full of skills.

“This innings by Shubman Gill was full of skill! Congratulations on a well timed 100!”, Tendulkar tweeted. Have a look at his tweet below.

This innings by Shubman Gill was full of skill!
Congratulations on a well timed 100!#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/rmMGE6G2wA

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) February 4, 2024

Shubman Gill slammed 104 runs off 147 balls in the 2nd innings, smacking 11 boundaries and 2 sixes. However, he struggled in the 1st innings, getting out for 34. The right-handed batter also failed with the bat in the previous Test, losing his wickets for 23 and duck across both innings.

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India set 399-run target for England

Meanwhile, with Shubman Gill’s century, India extended their lead to 398 in 2nd innings. England has a target of 399 in the final innings of the match. Other than Gill, Axar Patel also added 45 runs to the board while Ravichandran Ashwin hit 29.

Earlier, India posted 396-10 in 1st innings with a double ton by Yashasvi Jaiswal. Later, they bowled out England for 253-10, with Ben Stokes hitting 47 and Zak Crawley scoring 76. Jasprit Bumrah hunted 6 wickets for 45 runs for India.

In the 2nd innings, spinner Tom Hartley hunted the most 4 wickets for visitors while Rehan Ahmed picked 3 wickets. James Anderson dismissed both Indian openers to provide initial breakthroughs to England.

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Jaiswal and Gill big positives for India

Meanwhile, Yashasvi Jaiswal’s double ton and Shubman Gill’s return to form are too big positives for Team India for IND vs ENG 2nd Test. Moreover, Jasprit Bumrah’s brilliance with the ball has entertained fans from the first game.

However, Rohit Sharma’s struggle with the bat and Shreyas Iyer’s poor batting form are big woes for Team India. Earlier, Team India lost the opening Test by 28 runs and trail 1-0 in the five-match India vs England Test series.