By Admin 
Yashasvi Jaiswal, who fell 13 short of scoring his second century of the series (87, 107b, 13×4), lauded his captain Shubman Gill, who grabbed the opportunity for a second hundred by coming up with a mature knock (114 batting, 216b, 12×4).
“He is amazing and incredible as captain,” Jaiswal said on Wednesday, when asked about Gill’s innings amidst a lot of chatter regarding the team’s strategies and selection dilemmas. “He is very clear [with what he is doing] and we are confident with our approach. There is no confusion.”
“We all are enjoying batting and the idea is for the one who is set to take the game deep. We are all in the same mindset,” Jaiswal added.
England’s lead pacer Chris Woakes praised Gill too. “I thought he played very well. It was a very good hundred and a big one for his team. We were close to getting him a couple of times, including that leg-before that was an inside-edge. Other than that, he was in control and credit to him.”
Jaiswal, 23, stated that the pitch, though batting-friendly, was slightly different to the one in Leeds that hosted the first Test.
“The seam movement and bounce are less here,” he observed. “The wicket was a bit damp [in the morning] and I was trying to play spells and sessions out. But when the opportunity came, I scored.”
Woakes opined that wicket-to-wicket bowling will be effective, a case in point being the Nitish Kumar Reddy dismissal where the batter was bowled shouldering arms.
“Didn’t feel like it [the pitch] had pace to nick batters off behind,” the 36-year-old said. “But stumps and the lbw were always in play. We just had to find the right length to not be too full to be driven but yet keep the stumps in play.”