India captain Shubman Gill revealed the team's bowling strategy for the second Test match against England which is taking place at Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham. After being asked to bat, Team India scored a mammoth 587 runs in the first innings of the second Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025.
Gill was the standout performer for India in the second Test as the skipper led from the front, scoring a historic double ton against England. Gill, who scored 269 runs, revealed that they will try to frustrate English batters and will not allow them to score runs.
"So, we will try to frustrate them while they bat, and wherever they try to score runs, we won’t give them that opportunity. I think that will be the most important thing for our bowling," Gill told the host broadcaster after Day 2 of the second Test
Gill also said that the pitch at Edgbaston is not giving advantage to the bowlers.
"(The pitch) doesn’t have a lot for bowlers, but enough that if a batsman tries too hard, there are chances of getting out. When the batsman tries to do something different, the chances of getting him out increase.
"We will try to make them score in only one area. Because when a batsman is able to score all around the ground, it becomes difficult to control them... I think our bowlers executed their plans really well", he added.
Gill who smashed his second consecutive century in the ongoing Test series against England, also revealed that he tried to go back to his basics and tried to bat like he used to do in his childhood.
"So, in this series, I tried to go back to my basics. I tried to bat like I used to in my childhood. I didn’t think about having reached 35-40 runs or about playing long innings. I just wanted to enjoy my batting" thr 25-year-old also said.
Coming back to the 2nd Test, In reply to India's mammoth 587 runs, England lost early wickets as Mohammed Shami and Akash Deep got the breakthroughs. The duo bowled in tandem and removed Ben Duckett (0), Ollie Pope (0) and Zak Crawley (19) within the blink of an eye. Joe Root and Harry Brook tried to shift the momentum of the game by stitching an unbeaten 52-run stand to propel England to 77/3 at the end of a pulsating day.