‘We put the pressure on England and it worked’: Shubman Gill

London: India skipper Shubman Gill said their strategy of keeping England under pressure on day five’s play proved to be successful.

“Every Test we came on day four and day five never knowing who was going to win. It just shows that both the teams came with their A game and I am very happy to get over the line in this one.”

“There was a bit of pressure on us but I think the way we came through that spell was magnificent for us. Pressure makes you do things you don’t want to and we wanted them to feel it as they looked to chase all those runs,” said Gill in the post-match presentation ceremony.

India’s surreal win was led by Mohammed Siraj’s 5-104 and Prasidh Krishna’s 4-126. “When you have bowlers like Siraj and Prasidh, captaincy seems easy. They were making the ball talk. He (Siraj) is a captain’s dream, every ball, every spell he bowled he came all out and gave it everything for the team,” added Gill.

“2-2 is a fair reflection. It shows how passionate both teams were and how well they played. Very rewarding, my aim was to be the best batter this series and getting there is very satisfying. It’s always a matter of sorting things out technically and mentally, they are correlated. Learnings from the last six weeks: We never give up,” he concluded. IANS

Highest scorers in the Series:

Batter    Runs      Avg.        Highest   100s/50s

Shubman Gill      754         75.40      269         4/0

Joe Root                             537         67.12      150         3/1

KL Rahul                            532         53.20      137         2/2

R Jadeja                             516         86.00      107*        1/5

Harry Brook         481         53.44      158         2/2

Highest wicket takers:

Bowler                 Wkts.     Avg.       S/R        BBI

Mohammed Siraj 23        32.43     48.39     6/70

Josh Tongue      19           29.05     40.10     5/125

Ben Stokes        17           25.23     49.41     5/72

Jasprit Bumrah 14           26.00     51.28     5/74

Prasidh Krishna               14           37.07     45.00     4/62

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