After Indian skipper Shubman Gill batted his way to take England out of the contest in the second Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England’s assistant coach Marcus Trescothick said he is “fed up of watching” the young Indian plunder runs against the English side.
“Well, I’m fed up of watching him (Shubman Gill) bat, really,” said with a laugh to the BBC. “As much as I like watching batters get runs. He has played brillaintly well, superbly well in both games, but in particular in this game here. Getting sort of 250 and then another 150, now that’s pretty special.”
Gill scored 269 in the first innings before blitzing to 161 in the second innings, registering the second-highest ever aggregate of 430 runs in a Test. English batting great Graham Gooch scored 456 against India at Lord’s in 1990 to top this chart. Trescothick lauded Gill’s commitment and said one needs to admire his qualities.
“The volume of runs, not many people have done that, so you’ve got to admire his dedication, his concentration, his fitness and his skill level to come out and do it. So, it’s got to be well played,” said the former English cricketer.
In the second Test, Gill turned himself into a virtual ‘Run Machine’, smashing his third hundred in four innings to help India set a gargantuan target of 608 runs.
In the process, he also surpassed the great Sunil Gavaskar to tally the most runs by an Indian in a Test match. Gavaskar had amassed 344 runs in one of the Tests against the West Indies back in 1971 at Port of Spain.
‘Draw is a good result’
Trescothick also said that a draw would be a good result for the home side.
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“Whenever the situation is changing, of course it is. When you get to the point that you can (only) draw the game, of course,” Trescothick quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.
“We’re not stupid enough to [think] that you have to just win or lose. There are three results possible in every game that you play. But we have done some things in our time that are different to what we’ve done before,” he added.
