NEW DELHI: Yuvraj Singh’s father Yograj Singh appeared miffed and took a dig at India’s Test captain Shubman Gill for missing out on a well-deserved triple century in the second Test against England at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham. Gill scored a commanding 269 in the first innings but fell 31 runs short of becoming the first Indian to notch up a triple ton in over a decade.
"A player’s hunger should never die. Just saying ‘I’ve scored 200’ or ‘I’ve made 250’ — okay, well played, fine. But I never say ‘well played’. That’s your job, brother — but why did you get out?" Yograj said.
Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!"Go make 300, then 350, even 400 — those will come too. But you have to try. My attitude is that getting out at any stage is a criminal offence, brother. How did you get out? Were you tired? Played a shot straight into someone’s hands?" he added.
"This player (Shubman) is really good, and maybe every Indian cricketer — all eleven — have come out of his training. So that’s a big thing for you, and for Shubman too. The hard work he’s put in over the last seven years is finally bearing fruit now," he said.
In the second innings, Gill produced another masterclass, smashing a majestic 161 off just 162 deliveries, helping India declare at 427/6 in 83 overs. Gill dazzled with his elegant strokeplay, hammering 13 fours and eight sixes in what became his eighth Test century, fifth against England, and third in just his fourth innings as India’s Test captain.
With a match aggregate of 430 runs, Gill is now the second-highest run-scorer in a single Test match, behind only England’s Graham Gooch (456 runs). He also became the first player in Test history to score both a double century and a 150 in the same match.
Former India captain Virat Kohli hailed Gill’s remarkable achievement.
"Well played, star boy. Rewriting history. Onwards and upwards from here. You deserve all of this," Kohli said in his Instagram story.
Gill began the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series with a sublime 147 in the first innings of the first Test at Headingley in Leeds. However, despite his century, India went on to lose that game by five wickets.
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