I think so: Shubman Gill on if he’ll get pulled up by his father for shot that led to dismissal

Shubman Gill wore a relieved look after the end of the third day’s play of the second Test at Vizag courtesy of the century he scored against England on Sunday.

“Definitely very pleased but I left a bit out there to be honest. Pretty decent wicket to bat on. Not an easy kind of wicket to hit on the rise. Have to apply yourself because the odd one is turning and odd one is keeping low,” the 24-year-old said.

Asked if he would be pulled out for the shot that led to his dismissal, Gill said, “I think so. I’ll get to know once I get back to the hotel but I think so,” Gill said with a wry smile.

Before the century on Saturday, Gill has had a nightmare with the bat in the longest format where he had only managed 153 runs in the nine innings with the highest score of 36. It got so bad that his place in the squad was also under scrutiny.

Bowlers laid bare his vulnerability against both spin and seam movement. He would jab at the spinners with hard hands and would lunge at the seamers with a half-forward front-foot, like in the first innings against James Anderson.

Afterhis two-ball duck in the second innings of the Hyderabad Test, the team management had given him an ultimatum that Visakhapatnam would be his last chance to retain the No 3 spot in India’s Test team.

There was also a conversation around Gill that he could have been sent to domestic cricket to work on his flaws with a week’s gap between the second and Third Test in Rajkot.

On Saturday, Gill banished an ordinary runs of scores to make 104 from 147 balls with the help of 11 fours and two sixes, while his 89-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Axar Patel took India’s lead beyond the 350-run mark with the hosts ultimately ending at 255, setting England a target of 399.

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