IND vs ENG 2nd Test: Shubman Gill's old video surfaces on day he scored 269 runs - watch

India skipper Shubman Gill's outstanding show helped his squad summation a beardown presumption successful the 2nd Test against England astatine Edgbaston connected Thursday. Gill's awesome 269 led India to a first-innings full of 587.At property 25 and successful his 2nd Test arsenic captain, Gill broke respective Indian batting records antecedently held by Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, and Sunil Gavaskar.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!His people surpassed Kohli's 254 against South Africa, Tendulkar's 241 against Australia, and Gavaskar's 221 astatine the Oval.On specified a memorable day, Punjab Cricket Association's societal media grip shared a station of a young Gill speaking astir the value of getting stuck in.

The station carried a caption of: "Yes, Shubman Gill… you didn’t conscionable pb — you ruled. From the bosom of Punjab to the psyche of Indian cricket, You’ve shown the satellite what royalty connected the transportation looks like. Not conscionable a skipper — a force, a fire, a aboriginal written successful gold. Crowns aren’t worn — they’re earned… and today, yours shined the brightest.

The prince isn’t rising anymore — helium has arrived. Punjab stands proud. India stands taller."

In the video Gill says connected camera, "It is understood that successful Test cricket if you get retired early, you volition person to beryllium retired the full time and you volition execute nothing. You tin lone people runs erstwhile you're astatine the crease.""From your ain effort, you person to guarantee not to play aerial shots and support them grounded. But erstwhile I get escaped deliveries, I bash play them aerially.""The main people is clear: to play for India."India had mislaid the archetypal Test astatine Headingley by 5 wickets contempt centuries from respective batsmen, including Gill's 147."I worked connected a fewer things earlier the bid arsenic well, that I thought mightiness beryllium important for maine going into Test cricket. Looking astatine the results, they are moving for me."

India's full was the highest England had conceded nether Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum's leadership, with England fielding for 151 overs."Spending 151 overs successful the ungraded successful immoderate script is beauteous tough. There's immoderate bushed minds and bushed bodies. Credit to Shubman for the mode he's batted implicit 2 days, it was a masterclass successful however to bat connected a bully wicket," said England adjunct manager Jeetan Patel.