India batter Shubman Gill looked in riveting touch in the first innings of the 2nd Test match in Hyderabad. Gill, who has been under scrutiny for his poor run of form played an aggressive innings on Day 1 of the Test match. Gill hit 5 boundaries in his innings of 34 runs in the morning session.
The batter’s aggressive intent was cut short by veteran James Anderson, playing his 184th Test match trapped Gill into the slips with a disciplined show of bowling, just when the batter was getting into his groove. Gill was Anderson’s 691st Test wicket.
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This was the fifth time that Anderson dismissed Gill in just 7 innings. The batter does not have a stellar record against the pacer and averages just 7.80, having scored 39 runs.
Gill started his innings differently this time, showing good intent. The batter hit spinners for boundaries and was looking to take the aggressive route against Anderson as well. The veteran pacer set up Gill by bowling wicket-to-wicket against him and then slipped in a delivery at the fifth stump. Gill edged the ball into the hands of wicketkeeper Ben Foakes.
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The first session of the opening day of the 2nd Test match was shared between the two sides. India scored 103 runs, while England picked up 2 important wickets of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill. Yashasvi Jaiswal was the star of the show hitting a half-century with the bat and driving the Indian innings. Debutant Shoaib Bashir picked up his maiden Test wicket in Rohit Sharma, while Anderson, as said above, dismissed Shubman Gill.
At the time of writing, India were 114 for the loss of two wickets. Shreyas Iyer and Yashasvi Jaiswal were batting in the middle. Jasiwal was watchful after Lunch, while Shreyas Iyer was being tested with bouncers by the lone pacer James Anderson.
