Gill shoulders arms, raises concerns over judgement

To the montage of Shubman Gill bossing the England bowling, exulting after reaching hundreds and that double hundred at Edgbaston, add this disorienting dismissal where he shoulders arms to a ball.

- Somshuvra Laha

Under overcast Manchester skies, against a bowler who seams the ball more than other England bowlers, it was as shocking a shot selection as it could get. Yet Gill pulled rank to burn a review hoping against hope that the ball might have struck him outside the line.

Gill was probably in denial. He was rushed by pace, understandable because he had mostly faced Liam Dawson's left-arm slow bowling till before that. But he should have seen it coming because Ben Stokes has a knack for exploring the angles, at a fair pace as well. The ball nipped back in too, which raises the question what made Gill feel his off-stump was secure. Stokes knew it the moment the ball hit the knee roll of Gill’s front pad even though umpire Rod Tucker took his time to agree.