New Delhi, Aug 12
Former New Zealand all-rounder Jesse Ryder believes the tour of England has been a great learning curve for India's newly-appointed Test skipper Shubman Gill.
The Indian batter had a remarkable month in July. In the five-match series against England, he piled up 754 runs, including a double hundred and two hundreds across 10 outings at a phenomenal average of 75.40 that also landed him the Player of the Series award. His marathon run tally in the series was the second-highest ever in a WTC tournament. Under his leadership, India fought back from a deficit twice to draw the series 2-2.
Down 1-2 after the Lord’s Test, India showed incredible resilience to fight back and level the Anderson-Tendulkar series 2-2. On the back of incredible bowling by Mohammed Siraj, who ended the series as the highest wicket-taker with 23 scalps in five Tests, with figures of 4-86 and 5-125 across both innings of the fifth and final Test at The Oval, and that too in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah who sat out of the final game citing workload management.
“India has got a lot of talent coming through, they’ve got great players like Jaiswal coming through,” he added.