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Former India cricketer Sanjay Bangar feels that Shubman Gill should have supported Yashasvi Jaiswal's call for the single during Day 2 of the second West Indies Test. This comes after a terrible mix-up between Gill and Jaiswal saw the latter lose his wicket for 175 runs during the first session.
Jaiswal was looking set to reach his double-century at one stage, however the unfortunate dismissal saw him depart to pavilion 25 runs short off the milestone. If he had managed to reach the 200-run mark, then it would have been his third double-century which would have seen him become just the sixth Indian player to do so.
After driving the ball to mid-off, Jaiswal called for a single and ran to the other end. However, Gill declined to take the run after taking a quick glance at where the ball was. However, Jaiswal had already reached a point where he wasn't able to return to his crease on time and a good throw from Tagenarine Chanderpaul saw his innings come to and end.
Bangar's take on the dismissal
Bangar pointed out how Gill took a lot of time to watch the ball and this saw Jaiswal cover a lot of distance. He went on to blame the India captain's decision-making for the wicket.
"The drive was played, and Shubman Gill did have a look at the ball and had a start from the non-striker's end before saying no. The speed at which Jaiswal hit the shot, Gill may have been thinking about that. The call was the striker's, he should have supported that, because he had moved a bit further after watching the ball, and Jasiwal had covered a lot of distance as well by then," Bangar said on JioHotstar.
How many runs did India score in first innings?
Meanwhile, Gill would go on to hit a fine century later on in the day as India posted a humongous total of 518/5 before declaring. While Gill remained unbeaten on 129, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Dhruv Jurel also played valiant innings of 43 and 44 respectively as the hosts made the most out of the batter-friendly pitch in Delhi.
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