Former Australian veteran Ricky Ponting said that India’s captain Shubman Gill’s aggressive attitude during the Lord’s Test against England was somewhat different from his nature, but at the same time he saw it as “captain for his team”. This tough fight became a witness to many dramatic incidents on the field, including a sharp noose between Gill and England openers at the end of the third day.
India had equaled the score of 387 runs of England’s first innings and wanted to put two overs in the remaining six minutes. However, this could not happen because England’s openers were taking time to get ready, causing Gill’s Jack Crowlie and then Ben Docket.
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Former Australian captain Ponting admitted that Gill’s attitude was a bit unusual. Ponting said that it was a little contrary to his nature, as much as I have known Shubman in the past. Those who were seeing it and those who know them well can understand that they are usually not like this.
However, Ponting also expressed sympathy for Gill and said that it was a young captain’s feeling of standing for his team. He said, it is a captain who is standing for his team, wants to show that now it is his team and he wants to play in this way. Also, perhaps he wanted to give some answer.
India lost this Test by 22 runs and is now 1-2 in the series. The fifth and final Test will start here from Wednesday. Ponting believes that Gill somewhat behaved like Virat Kohli.
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Ponting said that I think he is starting to leave his impression on his team and it is like Virat to a large extent. Rohit Sharma was probably not so aggressive, especially towards opposition players. I know that Rohit was often aggressive with his comrades to get him the best performance. But I liked to see that he stood up for what Shubman understood right last week.
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