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Lauding Shubman Gill’s masterclass batting and his supreme confidence as India’s new Test captain, the senior spinner, Ravindra Jadeja said in the post-day press meet that it had never seemed that he would ever get out.
Gill (269 off 387 balls) and Jadeja (89 off 137) had made the most of ideal batting conditions with a 203-run stand- off 279 balls, resulting in India having amassed an enormous 587 all out on day two of the second Test against England. Gill shattered a slew of records on way to his maiden double century, including a first double century for an Asian captain in England besides tallying India’s highest individual score in this part of the world.
“He is looking very confident as captain. It is showing in his batting,” added Jadeja.
Queried on Kuldeep not getting a game again, he said that that was beyond anyone’s control. “What I can say is that when he plays he will be a wicket taking option,” he remarked. Asked whether he ever had captaincy ambitions having started his Test career in 2012 and limited overs cricket in 2009, he sounded evasive with a cryptic comment.
