Will India continue to dominate on the second day of the Edgbaston Test?

Edgbaston Test: India’s defensive strategy & Gill’s 114* (216) put them ahead (310/5) after Day 1 against England. Gambhir’s influence evident. Battle of mindsets continues

Birmingham: To understand this, let us divide the first day's game into two parts, each of which will have its own main character. The first part—the major part before the bowling begins—is when India announced its team. However, experts had already guessed that India was coming down with defensive thinking, reports Dynamite News correspondent.

India's new strategy

India adopted a different attitude: India knows its strength, so instead of working on its weakness, India got on the playing field with a different mindset. Whether India gets 20 wickets or not, it will strengthen batting till number 8, even if it affects the bowling.

India has not played with this mindset in the last 10 years. However, since Gautam Gambhir has gotten the reins of the Indian team, this mindset is being implemented in almost every format of cricket. Before this, India used to play aggressively, emphasizing its bowling, and won the match.

Gill's dual role

The main characters of the first part were Captain Shubman Gill and coach Gautam Gambhir. In the second part? Captain Shubman Gill and batsman Shubman Gill. A strange tension appeared between these two roles. As captain, he looked weak in the first test and felt that he had to learn a lot. But batsman Shubman Gill performed brilliantly.

Gill's brilliant innings

Shubman Gill played an innings of 114 runs in 216 balls. Despite being a stroke player, he showed restraint. When India was at 211/5 and the situation was critical after Rishabh Pant was dismissed, Gill and Jadeja shared an unbeaten 99-run partnership. This reached India on 310/5.

Mentality of teams

England will have a headache in the camp while thinking that "We had made them struggled at 211/5, but now they reached 310/5." England must be wondering how to dismiss Gill. On the other hand, Captain Gill in the Indian dressing room will be demanding more runs from batsman Gill, as India is not playing with aggressive bowling.

Who will be dominant?

This is an interesting match of strategies between India and England. The result of the match is yet to be seen, but the first day was definitely in favor of India.