Yashasvi Jaiswal’s brisk knock set the tone for the Indian innings.
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Yashasvi Jaiswal, who fell 13 wanting scoring his second century of the sequence (87, 107b, 13×4), lauded his captain Shubman Gill, who grabbed the chance for a second hundred by developing with a mature knock (114 batting, 216b, 12×4).
“He is amazing and incredible as captain,” Jaiswal mentioned on Wednesday, when requested about Gill’s innings amidst lots of chatter concerning the group’s methods and choice dilemmas. “He is very clear [with what he is doing] and we are confident with our approach. There is no confusion.”
“We all are enjoying batting and the idea is for the one who is set to take the game deep. We are all in the same mindset,” Jaiswal added.
England’s lead pacer Chris Woakes praised Gill too. “I thought he played very well. It was a very good hundred and a big one for his team. We were close to getting him a couple of times, including that leg-before that was an inside-edge. Other than that, he was in control and credit to him.”
Jaiswal, 23, said that the pitch, although batting-friendly, was barely completely different to the one in Leeds that hosted the primary Test.
“The seam movement and bounce are less here,” he noticed. “The wicket was a bit damp [in the morning] and I was trying to play spells and sessions out. But when the opportunity came, I scored.”
Woakes opined that wicket-to-wicket bowling shall be efficient, a living proof being the Nitish Kumar Reddy dismissal the place the batter was bowled shouldering arms.
“Didn’t feel like it [the pitch] had pace to nick batters off behind,” the 36-year-old mentioned. “But stumps and the lbw were always in play. We just had to find the right length to not be too full to be driven but yet keep the stumps in play.”
Published – July 03, 2025 12:29 am IST