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Stamina, skills and hunger: how do England solve a problem like Shubman Gill? | Mark Ramprakash

India’s new captain was given chance to dictate the second Test and has shown he is one to take over as era of Fab Four wanesTwo games into the series we have already witnessed something very special from Shubman Gill. In the second Test at Edgbaston he produced a real rarity: an individual performance that defines and dominates a game. Not just piling on the runs but forcing his opponents to toil in the field until they felt exhausted and out of options, and that fatigue then had an impact on their batting.When batters get tired it affects their mental clarity and their decision-making – what to play, when to leave – as well as their movement and their footwork. Reducing England to 25 for three at the end of the second day went a long way to deciding the match. As well as India bowled with the new ball it was Gill’s remorselessness that created the conditions for it to happen. Continue reading...

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