Shubman Gill gets emotional after hearing parents' voice notes following double ton against England

Shubman Gill gets emotional after hearing voice notes of parents. (BCCI Photo)

In his second Test as captain, Shubman Gill scored an incredible 269 runs, making his parents proud. With back-to-back triple-digit scores in his new role as captain, the 25-year-old Gill made a historic statement and demonstrated his dominance over the English bowlers. Silencing his critics, Gill took a big step towards filling Virat Kohli's formidable shoes at number four.

Gill's innings eclipsed the recently retired Kohli's 254 against South Africa at Pune in 2019 as the highest score by an India Test captain, and Tendulkar's 241 against Australia at Sydney as the highest score by an India batsman in a Test outside Asia. With the 269-run knock, he accomplished what players like Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar were unable to do: score a double ton on English soil.

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The BCCI social media team captured a video of Shubman hearing his mother's and father's messages following his record-breaking knock at the end of Day 2's play.

Shubman's father, Lakhwinder Singh, expressed his joy at his son's performance and claimed that the knock brought back memories of Gill’s style of play in age-group cricket.

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"Shubman beta, well played, aaj teri batting dekh ke bahoot mazza aaya aur dil ko bahoot sukoon mileya, jaise tu chota U16, U19 khelta thaa, ussi tarah ki batting laggi, or bahoot his proud feel hua, ("Shubman, son, well played. Today, watching your batting brought a lot of joy and great peace to my heart. It felt just like when you used to play in U16, U19. And I felt very proud.)" Shubman's father said.

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Meanwhile, Gill’s mother was pleased with him as well.

"Bahoot accha laga beta tera batting dekh kar, keep going, God bless you (Felt very good watching your batting, son. Keep going, God bless you)," his mother said in the message.

Gill listened to the voice message and became very emotional. “This means a lot to me,” he said.

"Growing up, I played all of my cricket for my dad, in the sense that it was because of him I started playing cricket. He and my best friend, whom I practised with, are the only two people—when it comes to cricket—I care about and I listen to. It means a lot coming from him, but he also said I missed my triple century," Shubman said.