Who Said What? What did Shubman Gill & Ben Stokes say after the 2nd Test?

India registered a 336-run win over England in the second Test of the five-match series at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on Sunday, July 6.

Moving into the details of the game, India batted first after losing the toss. They went on to post a daunting total of 587 runs in 151 overs, thanks to Shubman Gill's 269-run knock and Ravindra Jadeja's 89.

In response, England went on to score 407 runs in 89.3 overs. Harry Brook (158) and Jamie Smith (184) were simply impressive with a 303-run stand for the sixth wicket. India managed to bag a 180-run lead in the first innings.

Later, India posted 427/6 before declaring their innings. Captain Gill top-scored yet again, smacking 161 runs. In response, England got all out for 271 runs, losing the game by 336 runs. Akash Deep was exceptional with the ball, scalping a 10-wicket match haul.

On that note, let’s take a look at who said what after India’s impressive win over England.

Indian captain, Shubman Gill

“All the things we spoke about after the first game, we were spot on with all of those things. Our bowling and fielding was tremendous to see. On this kind of wicket, we knew if we get 400-500 on this kind of wicket, we'll be in the game. 

Not every time we're going to drop that many catches that we did in Headingley. They (fast bowlers) were magnificent and I think the way we were able to get through the top-order, that was important to us, and both those bowlers bowled brilliantly and even Prasidh, he didn't get as many wickets as them, but he also bowled brilliantly. 

He (Akash Deep) bowled with so much heart. The areas and lengths he hit, he was getting the ball to move both ways. On wickets like these, it's difficult to do that, he was just magnificent for us. I'd say I'm feeling comfortable with my game, hopefully if we win the series with my contributions, I'll feel happier. Everyday is a learning curve for me. Whenever I go out there, I've said this before, I just want to play as a batsman and I want to think as a batsman and I want to make my decisions and risk management as a batsman. 

Sometimes when you are out there and thinking as a captain, you don't take that risk which I think as a batsman sometimes is necessary. Definitely (Bumrah back at Lord's?). Very excited for that (Lord's Test). Probably the most iconic cricket stadium in the world and as a kid everyone dreams about playing there and I think no bigger honour than to be able to captain your country and lead your team there.”

England captain, Ben Stokes

“Tough one. Two moments. Having them at 200/5 and not being able to burst them open. And then being 80/5 in our reply to India's big 1st innings there is obviously going to be tough to be able to scrape it back from there. You look back at the start of the game, 200/5, if we were able to gets some wickets quicker, things could have been a little different. 

As the game got deeper and deeper, it sort of turned into a wicket, probably suited India more than us to be honest. Being 80/5 in reply to India's big first innings total is obviously going to be tough from there. We ran in and tried everything, we changed plans and when a team is on top of you, obviously India is a class team. It's always very hard to wrestle back when the opposition is full of world-class performers. 

Shubman has had an unbelievable game with the bat. It is always tough, when you do spend time out in the field, your body is tired and mind is tired. It's up to us individuals and as a team, try and get the best out of the situations. 

Jamie has been incredible since he came into the team, he has been exceptional with the bat and he goes massively into the radar with his wicket-keeping. Just shows his natural game and the way him and Harry were able to wrestle the momentum back towards us, I thought it was a very very special part of the game to watch from the dressing room. Been another tough week, spend some time in the field and bowlers have run in hard all week again. We got to reset everything and see where we end up at Lord's.”

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