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Indian Express
31 minutes ago
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- Indian Express
‘Shubman Gill needs an attitude adjustment': Brad Haddin says India captain responsible for improving fielding standards
India's new Test captain Shubman Gill will be held responsible for raising the fielding standards of his side following the horror show against England in the first Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy match in Headingley, according to former Australia wicket-keeper Brad Haddin. The visitors dropped eight catches across two innings in an eventual five-wicket defeat. Despite impressive batting performances in both innings, India were made to pay for the blunders on the field behind a profligate pace attack that struggled to assist spearhead Jasprit Bumrah. Chasing down a venue record total of 371, their second-highest chase ever, England were led by Ben Duckett's scintillating 149 in the fourth innings. The southpaw opener was dropped in both innings of the match, while tallying 211 runs and was later adjudged the Player of the Match. Speaking on the Willow Talk podcast, former Australia wicket-keeper Haddin felt the Indian skipper needed to lay down the marker for his side to follow in terms of being a dominant team on the field. 'Every great team, no matter what year you're playing, the one standout feature they've always had is that they've been a great fielding team. And I think that is one legacy Gill has start to leave now on this team. He needs an attitude adjustment,' said Haddin. 'If you want to field well and compete the whole time, it's only attitude. You can do all your technical work off the field and have as many coaches as anyone, but it won't matter. Even in the IPL this year, the catching was horrible. And that could be a byproduct,' he added. Haddin added that India's transitioning Test side is heavily reliant on the top-order for runs this series, after two brittle collapses hurt the side from comfortable positions in the Test. India went from 430 for three to 471 all out in the first innings, while adding only 31 runs for six wickets in their second essay to set the target. 'What hasn't happened for the first time is India's batting collapse. There's a lot of pressure on that top order. If you get through them, they will run through the remaining,' said Haddin.
Hindustan Times
4 hours ago
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- Hindustan Times
Cook defends Shubman Gill after India captain labelled 'reactive rather than proactive', draws Ben Stokes parallel
Shubman Gill's first Test as India's full-time captain has sparked a chorus of concern, not only for the team's defeat but for the manner in which it unfolded. After India failed to defend a fourth-innings target of 371, with England comfortably chasing it down to win by five wickets, former players have questioned Gill's approach, with one describing the tactics as more reactive than assertive. India's captain Shubman Gill reacts after his team defeat on day five of the first cricket test match between England and India at Headingley cricket ground in Leeds, northern England(AFP) Speaking on the Stick to Cricket show, David Lloyd raised concerns about Gill's tactical nous and on-field clarity despite the young leader being surrounded by experienced players. 'The intrigue is with Shubman Gill, who's a very inexperienced skipper. How's he going to come back from that? He's got Ravindra Jadeja and Karun Nair, who are in their 30s. So he's got experience in his team. It's great having a young team that he's got. But tactically he's reactive rather than proactive in the stuff that he's doing,' Lloyd said. Former England captain Alastair Cook offered a slightly more sympathetic take, comparing Gill's early days to those of Ben Stokes, who also went through an adjustment period after taking over the England side. 'When you take over a team, there will always be a phase when the team gets used to the new leader. This happened with (Ben) Stokes when he came in. It took a while (for England players) to get used to him when he came in and said, 'We're going to try and smash every ball,'' Cook said. Kartik on Gill Adding to the voices expressing concern was former Indian spinner Murali Kartik, who pointed to visible confusion on the field during Day 5 of the Leeds Test. Kartik highlighted how multiple players appeared to be issuing tactical instructions, which, in his opinion, muddled the chain of command. 'At one point I felt there were too many captains,' Kartik said on Cricbuzz. 'I just couldn't understand that. KL Rahul was making hand movements, Rishabh Pant was also doing it, and so was Shubman Gill who is actually the man appointed as captain. I couldn't understand those multiple hand signals. You wouldn't want to complicate things. There is only one captain.' He added: 'A senior player making slight changes here and there, correcting someone slightly when they feel they are slightly in the wrong position, sending third man or short fine, mid-on, mid-off; these are all fine occasionally. However, so many players taking calls so frequently is not a good sign.'
News18
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- News18
'By The Order Of...': Shubman Gill's Hilarious Post From Birmingham Goes Viral
Last Updated: Shubman Gill's Instagram post with Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Siraj has gone viral ahead of the second Test against England at Edgbaston. India Test skipper Shubman Gill's latest Instagram post has gone viral on social media, where he is seen posing with Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Siraj in a funny way, ahead of the second Test against England at Edgbaston in Birmingham, where India come 0-1 down in the five-match series. India lost the opening Test despite five of their batters scoring hundreds, as England chased down 371 in the fourth innings to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. Gill himself scored a century and all fans must have expected a brilliant start to his Test captaincy career, but that was not to be. But the star Indian batter was in a goofy mood as the team went around Birmingham. 'By the order of the cheeky blinders 😎," Gill captioned the post on his Instagram handle. Notably, the Peaky Blinders were a street gang based in Birmingham, which operated from the 1880s until the 1920s. The group consisted of young criminals from lower to working-class backgrounds. The story of this gang became popular across the world when a TV series was made on it in 2013, and even 12 years later, it remains one of the most popular series on Netflix. A movie is also slated to release on the gang. Meanwhile, Gill scored 147 in India's first innings total of 471 and just eight runs in the second innings. Gill admitted that the lower-order collapse in both innings did cost them during the five-wicket loss to England. India collapsed from 430/3 in the first innings to 471, losing seven wickets for 41 runs and in the second, they crumbled to 364 all-out from 333/4, losing six wickets for 31 runs. Playing his first Test as captain, Gill conjured up a sublime unbeaten 127 that was packed with glorious drives. India ended Day 1 at a solid 359/3, making the English attack look pedestrian. Notably, this will be the first time that Gill will be playing at Edgbaston and the pressure is expected to be a lot, especially while leading as well as handling the defeat of the first Test. First Published:
India Today
12 hours ago
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- India Today
6 Indian Test Team Captains Who Started Their Journey with a Loss
6 Indian Test Team Captains Who Started Their Journey with a Loss By Alan John Shubman Gill's captaincy debut ended in the worst way possible. Shubman Gill's captaincy debut Gill was sensational with the bat in the first innings but the Indian team lost the match by 5 wickets. Gill dazzles but India falter Here's a look at the Indian players who lost on their captaincy debut. Players who lost on captaincy debut CK Nayudu lost his first match as India captain to England at Lord's in 1932. Credit: Getty CK Nayudu Pataudi's captaincy debut saw India lose by an innings and 50 runs to West Indies in Barbados in 1962. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Vengsarkar was beaten at home by West Indies in 1987. Dilip Vengsarkar India's most successful Test captain didn't have the best start when he lost his debut game against Australia in 2014. Virat Kohli Jasprit Bumrah lost his captaincy debut in 2022 against England. Jasprit Bumrah Gill's start wasn't the best ones but the Indian captain will aim to bounce back. Shubman Gill
Time of India
13 hours ago
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- Time of India
India's Batting Plan for 2nd Test vs England?
Shubman Gill and chief selector Ajit Agarkar were seen in deep conversation during India's nets session in Birmingham 🗣️💬A focused chat on technique, approach, and England's bowling threat? Here's a close look at the duo working out the plan before the 2nd this exclusive moment as India sharpen their strategy. 🎯#INDvsENG #ShubmanGill #AjitAgarkar #TeamIndia #BirminghamTest #IndiaNets #TestCricket #TOISports #IndianCricket #Gill #CricketStrategy Read More
