Every time Shubman Gill has crossed 20 runs in the ongoing Test series against England, the Indian captain went on to make a hundred. But it wasn’t meant to be the same at The Oval on Thursday. Coming onto bat after the fall of KL Rahul, Gill looked solid during his 35ball stay before an suicidal run out cut short his innings.
The incident happened on the second ball of the 28th over at a time when it was thought Gill and Sai Sudharsan would frustrate the opposition. Defending a fullish delivery from Gus Atkinson towards short cover, Gill went for a run.
The Indian captain was halfway down the pitch when he realised he made a big mistake. Atkinson, who was lurking around, had ample time to take an aim at the stumps and did so at the striker’s end. The reaction on Gill’s face said it all how big a moment this can be for India.
At the time of Gill’s dismissal, India were at 85/3 in 29 overs. Karun Nair (zero batting) and Sudharsan (28 not out) are currently at the crease when rain stopped play in London. Gill departed for 21.
With this knock, Gill’s current tally in the series counts to 743 runs. He will get once more chance to go past legendary Sunil Gavaskar for most runs by an Indian a single Test series.
