'Criminal offence' - Yograj tears into Shubman Gill for missing triple century

NEW DELHI: Yuvraj Singh’s begetter Yograj Singh appeared miffed and took a excavation astatine India’s Test skipper Shubman Gill for missing retired connected a well-deserved triple period successful the 2nd Test against England astatine the Edgbaston Cricket Ground successful Birmingham.

Gill scored a commanding 269 successful the archetypal innings but fell 31 runs abbreviated of becoming the archetypal Indian to notch up a triple ton successful implicit a decade."A player’s hunger should ne'er die. Just saying ‘I’ve scored 200’ oregon ‘I’ve made 250’ — okay, good played, fine. But I ne'er accidental ‘well played’. That’s your job, member — but wherefore did you get out?" Yograj said.

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"Go marque 300, past 350, adjacent 400 — those volition travel too. But you person to try. My cognition is that getting retired astatine immoderate signifier is simply a transgression offence, brother.

How did you get out? Were you tired? Played a changeable consecutive into someone’s hands?" helium added."This subordinate (Shubman) is truly good, and possibly each Indian cricketer — each eleven — person travel retired of his training. So that’s a large happening for you, and for Shubman too. The hard enactment he’s enactment successful implicit the past 7 years is yet bearing effect now," helium said.In the 2nd innings, Gill produced different masterclass, smashing a majestic 161 disconnected conscionable 162 deliveries, helping India state astatine 427/6 successful 83 overs.

Gill dazzled with his elegant strokeplay, hammering 13 fours and 8 sixes successful what became his eighth Test century, 5th against England, and 3rd successful conscionable his 4th innings arsenic India’s Test captain.With a lucifer aggregate of 430 runs, Gill is present the second-highest run-scorer successful a azygous Test match, down lone England’s Graham Gooch (456 runs). He besides became the archetypal subordinate successful Test past to people some a treble period and a 150 successful the aforesaid match.

Former India skipper Virat Kohli hailed Gill’s singular achievement."Well played, prima boy. Rewriting history. Onwards and upwards from here. You merit each of this," Kohli said successful his Instagram story.Gill began the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy bid with a sublime 147 successful the archetypal innings of the archetypal Test astatine Headingley successful Leeds. However, contempt his century, India went connected to suffer that crippled by 5 wickets.