I was not able to read the ball bowled by Jamieson which dismissed me: Shubman Gill

Shubman Gill has lauded the effort of New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson on Day 1 of the first test at Kanpur. Image Courtesy: BCCI

Xtra Time Web Desk: Team India batter Shubman Gill on Thursday lauded the efforts of New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson. The tall Kiwi fast bowler was the pick of the BlackCaps attack, picking 3/47. At stumps on Day 1, India posted 258/4 with Iyer (75*) and Jadeja (50*) unbeaten at the crease. Shubman Gill too scored a half century (52) before he was dismissed by Jamieson just after lunch.

Shubman did admit after the day’s play that he did not expect the ball to reverse swing so early in the innings.

Talking about his own dismissal, Gill said: “It is all about reading the conditions, especially after coming to bat after lunch, the ball started to reverse. You have to read the conditions, I was not able to read the ball which dismissed me because I was not expecting the ball to start reversing this early.”

Lauding the efforts of Jamieson, Gill said, “I think Jamieson bowled really well today, especially the first spell he bowled with the new ball. He bowled in pretty good areas to me and Mayank Agarwal. When I came to bat after lunch, that over was top-notch, the whole spell he bowled, he looked top-notch,”

The stand out performer for India has to be Shreyas Iyer who made his test debut. The Mumbai batter is not out on 75 runs and looked confident throughout the innings. During his 136 ball knock, Shreyas hit 7 boundaries and two sixes.

Talking about Shreyas Iyer’s knock, the right-handed batter said: “The way Iyer batted on his Test debut, we lost three wickets in the second session. Jadeja and Iyer have stitched together a good partnership, hopefully, it continues tomorrow.”