'Shubman Gill And Yashasvi Jaiswal...': Sanjay Manjrekar Points 'Exceptional Skills' of Rising India Stars

No matter the result, Kanpur Test will be remembered for some time to come given how dramatically India put themselves into a spot from where they could force a result from it. The opening day was truncated by rain in Kanpur with just 35 overs bowled and worse was in store as the Day 2 and Day 3 were abandoned due to rain and damp outfield respectively.

With two days remaining and not even a single innings completed, a drawn game appeared to be the likely result before a Bangladesh batting collapse followed by an ultra-aggressive batting from India breathed life into the contest.

While the headlines will be grabbed by the batters and eventually bowlers, former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has pointed out how the likes of Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal haven’t just shown their terrific skills with the bat but also proven they are ‘exceptional fielders’ too.

“What a find in slips is Yashasvi Jaiswal! Gill & Jaiswal, two young exceptional batters, who are exceptional slip fielders too. Great for Indian cricket!” Manjrekar posted on X (formerly Twitter).

Jaiswal, stationed at gully, took a superb catch of Bangladesh opener Shadman Islam who scored a half-century in the second innings. Gill has been a regular fixture in the Indian slip cordon now.

India took another giant step towards a 2-0 clean sweep after bowling out Bangladesh for 146 in an extended morning session. Jasprit Bumrah, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja picked up three wickets each while one wicket went to Akash Deep.

For Bangladesh, Shadman top-scored with 50 off 101 while the next best came from the bat of Mushfiqur Rahim who made 37 off 63 and was the last man to be dismissed, becoming Bumrah’s third victim.

India won the first Test by 280 runs and a win in Kanpur will further brighten their prospects of making it to the final of the ICC World Test Championship.