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India batsman Shubman Gill was reportedly given an ultimatum by the team management following his duck in the 2nd innings of the 1st Test against England in Hyderabad.
Gill hasn’t been in great form in Test cricket since he scored a century against Australia at home in early 2023, failing at the ICC World Test Championship final against Australia, too.
Then, after Yashasvi Jaiswal broke into the team, Gill was handed the opportunity to make the No.3 position his own given Cheteshwar Pujara’s string of poor scores.
According to a report from IndianExpress, Gill was running out of time – and opportunities – to save his spot in the Test team.
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Shubman Gill was ready to play Ranji Trophy
After being handed the “ultimatum” that the second Test against England in Vizag would be Gill’s last chance to salvage his place in the team, Gill was ready to return to the domestic fold and represent Punjab in the Ranji Trophy, per the report.
“I will go and play the Ranji Trophy match against Gujarat in Mohali,” Gill told one of his family members as quoted by IndianExpress.
There was talk about sending Gill to play domestic cricket to address his shortcomings, with a week between the second and third Test matches in Rajkot. He could have taken off for Mohali, where Punjab is facing Gujarat in the Ranji Trophy starting on February 9, had he not responded to his detractors with a crucial century in the second innings in Visakhapatnam.
Shubman Gill silences his critics with his 3rd Test century in Vizag
Gill saved his future, at least short-term future, in Test cricket with a valuable knock in the 2nd innings of the Visakhapatnam Test, conjuring an assured 104-run knock in 147 balls.
Initially, he looked distraught and struggled to settle in. But once he got his eye in, he took on the spinners in a mighty fashion and repaid the team management’s faith in him with a splendid knock.
This century, his 3rd in Tests, will give the 24-year-old batsman a truckload of confidence given that he hadn’t scored a single half-century in the 10 innings prior to his 104.
He has certainly bought himself some more time, and will look to build on his knock on Day 3 of the Vizag Test to completely destroy all doubts regarding his ability.
