Former Cricketer Evades Taking Kohli's Name After Gill's Animated Celebration

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Sanjay Manjrekar avoided mentioning Virat Kohli while comparing Shubman Gill's celebration to Kohli's style in the Headingley Test.
Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar was on Saturday, June 21, seen funnily avoiding taking Virat Kohli's name on air, when an assumed wicket celebration from Test skipper Shubman Gill mirrored his senior pro, who announced his retirement from the longest format last month.
Gill charged towards the bowler, Mohammed Siraj, pointing at him in a way that signalled their well-executed plan had worked.
Watching Gill's ebullient celebration, Manjrekar drew comparisons. He said that the former's reaction reminded him of someone familiar, someone who used to bat at No. 4.
'Who is this, Shubman Gill or someone else? When he bats, he seems so calm, composed, a completely different personality. Captain Gill, we are seeing this version for the first time," Manjrekar said while commentating.
'His celebration reminded me of someone, but I am struggling to place it. MS Dhoni never celebrated like that from mid-on, and it is not Rohit Sharma's style. Could be a No. 4 batter," Manjrekar added. Watch the video here:
Meanwhile, it was perplexing to see Gill delaying the introduction of Shardul Thakur into the attack, which happened in the 34th over on Saturday, even though the other bowlers couldn't provide any breakthroughs.
It didn't give any noticeable lift to India's bowling unit and it watched in dejection as the LBW decision against Joe Root off Siraj was overturned via DRS.
But that didn't deter Pope as he reached his ninth Test century with a cheeky single off Bumrah as sun-washed Headingley greeted the fourth century-maker in two days.
However, that irresistible force of nature, Bumrah, returned at the right time to nick off Root to end a threatening 80-run partnership for the third wicket.
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