Going into the English shores, there were questions over how the young Indian team would fare in the testing conditions. The likes of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who have been the batting pillars, have announced their retirement ahead of the series. Senior off-spinner R Ashwin too stepped down during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Skipper Shubman Gill’s record outside Asia, too, was not impressive. However, at the Oval on Monday, India managed to pull off a historic Test match win, and the series was drawn at 2-2, and Gill, in five games, amassed 754 runs at an average of 75.40.
“Indian cricket stops for no one. There is so much talent. Look at the way they all batted. Outstanding. That is how Indian cricket is. When Sunil Gavaskar left, Sachin Tendulkar came. As did Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman. When they left, Virat Kohli emerged. And when Kohli left, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, and Gill stood up,” former Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly told Sports Tak.
“Indian cricket has so much talent that this will only keep on growing. We have a tremendous system, where domestic cricket is so strong. The IPL is such a platform. Then there is the A team, Under-19 team as well,” he further said.
“India played brilliantly in England. In the second innings of the Manchester Test, they were 0/2, and from there to have levelled the series at the Oval is indicative of a very strong performance. It’s a young team; congratulations to Shubman Gill and Gautam Gambhir. They went to England with this team only to see everyone perform so brilliantly. I don’t think that after 2002 or 2007, India’s top six batters have consistently delivered such an outstanding performance in England. Be it KL Rahul, Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, or Washington Sundar. They have batted so consistently throughout five Tests, which was heartwarming to see,” the former India captain added.
