India might have suffered a heavy defeat in the first Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, but Mohammad Kaif boldly declared that Shubman Gill outshone his English counterpart, Ben Stokes, in captaincy and deserved more praise than criticism.
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With Ravindra Jadeja struggling as the lone spinner and the rest of the pace unit leaking runs, Kaif said that the new captain was forced to fight with just a lone weapon.
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One is Bumrah, and the remaining half is Jadeja. There was no support from Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, or Shardul. You can’t win the Test match with 1.5 bowlers. He did captaincy very well and looked good to me. He used his resources well.”
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He signed off by saying, “I will praise him a lot because it was a big test for him in this series. It was important for him to score in England. Everyone said he doesn’t know how to play in England; [you] made him captain, but he hasn’t scored runs. But he passed the test with the bat, scored a century, and had excellent batting. Apart from captaincy, he showed he can deliver with the bat.”
After the loss, Shubman Gill revealed that India had planned to declare with a lead of around 430, but they fell short. He also felt that the bowlers gave their all, but it just wasn’t enough.
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