WATCH: Shubman Gill got hit on his head while fielding against England, Rishabh Pant’s kind gesture going viral

Shubman Gill was hit on his head while fielding at the first slip during Day 3 of 2nd Test against England, to which Pant showed a kind gesture, the video of which is going viral on social media.

India’s Test captain Shubman Gill was hit on his head while he was fielding on Day 3 of the 2nd Test against England. The incident happened when Ravindra Jadeja was bowling and Harry Brook smashed a hard hit to the ball which was pitched outside-off.

The ball hit the bat and quickly went towards Shubman Gill who was fielding at the first slip. Gill did not have any time to react and was hit on top of his head. He was then seen to be in pain. At that time, wicketkeeper-batter and vice-captain Rishabh Pant came in to check up on him and called for the physio to enter the field.

The physio were then quick to rush in and checked up in their ways. After a small routine checkup, Shubman Gill went back to fielding and there was not much delay in the match.

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Speaking about the match, resuming the day at 77 for three, England lost half their side in the second over of the morning session when Siraj had Joe Root (22) and Ben Stokes (0) caught behind. Root’s was a soft dismissal as he got faint tickle down the leg side while Stokes was surprised to get a sharply rising ball first up.

England were reduced to 84 for five but Smith and Brook continued to attack and put pressure back on the opposition.

Prasidh Krishna was brought in to implement the short ball plan with six fielders on the leg side but that failed as Smith got the better of him in the 12th over of the morning that yielded 23 runs. Four boundaries and a six over deep square leg came in that eventful over.

India persisted it with Krishna, whose following over went for 11. His figures after the session read 8-0-61-0.

It is not often that Brook is outscored but it happened on Friday as Smith relentlessly attacked the Indian bowlers.

Smith also did not allow spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Washginton Sundar get into any sort of rhythm. Sundar was driven for back-to-back fours by Smith in his first two balls before the wicket-keeper batter collected a six and a four from Jadeja in the following over.

Smith got to his second Test hundred off 80, the third fastest by Englishman, with consecutive fours off Jadeja in the last over before lunch.

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