Sanjay Manjrekar has cited stump microphone chatter to claim Shubman Gill was subjected to ‘personal attacks’ during India’s second innings at Lord’s of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.

He went on to pinpoint the difference between Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli after the current India’s test captain excelled at showing his aggressive style to Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett.

He said that the captaion of the test side, brings in scrutiny which is unavoidable byproduct of the recognition and responsibility. Gill is very far awy from the spotlight but his elevation as India’s Test captain amplified its intensity to level he ever imagined.

Shubman Gill appears to be closer to Dhoni bracket but the Day 03 events at Lord’s but he has a lot of fire within him. He went on to fight with the opposition and completely another to handle it when you get it back.

“The thing with Virat Kohli was that he would get even more fired up and become a better batter (if things got nasty). What disappointed me with Shubman Gill and that is why I was wondering, where is Shubman Gill heading? Because that seemed like it didn’t have the right effect on Shubman Gill, the batter,” said Sanjay Manjrekar.

Sanjay Manjrekar was part of broacasting team, cited the stump microphone chatter to claim that India captain Shubman Gill was subjected to ‘personal attacks’ when he came out to bat in India’s second innings at Lord’s.

“He came out looking very tentative and, you know, these days we are privy to the stump mic and we could hear the things being said and there were some personal attacks made.”

“This could be a new experience for Shubman Gill because these days, as you can see, you know, with Indian players, there’s mostly a friendly reception from a lot of foreign teams. So this was new territory. And he looked tentative and wasn’t up for it,” he added.

Shubman Gill made an impressive start as captain scoring three centuries which included a maiden double century in four innings.

However, he failed to perform in India’s 193 run chase and the visitors misfired despite a stubborn act from Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.

India suffered a narrow 22-run defeat and trails England 1-2 in the five match series.

“We saw it pan out in the way he batted. Because these were deliveries, good deliveries, but he’s negotiated beautifully through his marathon run as a batter through the series. And suddenly he was missing those balls,” he added.

“There was a review situation as well. Next ball, there was a leg before. Going through Shubman Gill’s defence has been hard work. He has hardly missed a ball,” he further said.

“The control percentage has been brilliant. And suddenly, in about nine deliveries (in the second innings), he’s missed four. I have no doubt that there is a connection there,” said Sanjay Manjrekar.

The fourth test of the five match series between July 23 and 27 at Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester.