India National Cricket Team captain Shubman Gill opened up on the performance of his side in the second ODI of the three-match series against the West Indies National Cricket Team on Wednesday, September 30, at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati. The Men in Blue beat West Indies by 8 wickets to take a 2-0 lead in the series and win the series.
Speaking after the win, Shubman Gill was overwhelmed with the performance of the batting department and said the way he and Rohit Sharma batted to build the foundation of the 400+ run chase. He was awarded the Player of the Match after playing an unbeaten knock of 218 off 131 deliveries.
Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to field first as India made one change, with all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy making way for the debutant Auqib Nabi. On the other hand, West Indies made four changes. Sherfane Rutherford, Keemo Paul, Shamar Joseph and Vitel Lawes came in for injured Justin Greaves, Jewel Andrew, Matthew Forde and Gudakesh Motie.
Keacy Carty and John Campbell gave the visitors a decent start, as the former was dismissed early for just 9 runs. Campbell was firing all guns blazing as the Southpaw smacked a hundred in the game and was dismissed for 101 runs off 68 deliveries, smashing 9 fours and five sixes.
The West Indies captain, Shai Hope, who was dropped twice in the match, made the Indians pay, as he played a knock of 104 runs off 94 deliveries, smashing eight boundaries and three sixes. Amir Jangoo continued the run flow as he became the third centurion in the match, playing a knock of 114 runs off 77 deliveries as they posted 405/7 in 50 overs.
Shubman Gill the star for India in historic run chase
Coming out to chase, India had a sensational start to their run chase as they brought up 100 runs inside 11 overs. The rampage kept on going as skipper Shubman Gill scored a hundred in 62 deliveries. They stitched a partnership of 255 runs for the first wicket and made the mammoth run chase look easy, as Rohit played a knock of 101 runs off 75 balls, smacking 10 fours and 6 sixes.
Shubman Gill carried on the innings as he smacked the double hundred in the run chase and became the first Indian batter to achieve it, and also the fastest double hundred as he achieved the milestone in 117 deliveries, surpassing Ishan Kishan’s record of 126 balls, and India chased down the target of 406, marking the highest successful run chase for the Men in Blue.
After winning the match and the POTM, he said that he had a lot of cramps while batting and he felt that there was always pressure from the scoreboard despite the pitch being suitable for batting and the ground dimensions being small. He was pleased with the way he batted in the game.
Shubman Gill said (as quoted by Cricbuzz), "I think every part of my body is cramping right now and it was very hot when we were fielding. At the halfway mark, there was a bit of pressure with 400 on the board. Pleased with the performance and very happy that I was able to stay there and finish. Honestly it's just about breaking it into small parts."
"If we get to 70-80 runs without losing a wicket that would be a good start. We thought we will use the shorter side to our advantage. We didn't lose wickets till halfway through the innings so it was an advantage."
"We didn't bowl well": Shubman Gill takes swipe at bowling attack
While speaking on the bowling department, he slammed the bowlers as he felt that they did not bowl well inside the powerplay, and thus the West Indies batter played with a lot of freedom, and he felt that they could score 420-430 runs. He also revealed that some players would be given a chance in the next match who have not played.
He added, "I thought initially we didn't bowl well in the powerplay much like the first innings. They batted with a lot of freedom and batted quite well. At one point it looked they may get even 420, 430. Yeah maybe, ideally we would want to give chances to players who haven't played in the next game."
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