Overview

• Mitchell Starc told the Willow Talk Podcast he “wouldn’t bowl” to Gill on England’s flat “absolute highways.”
• He described the tracks as brutal for bowlers and questioned their balance between bat and ball.
• Gill has amassed nearly 600 runs in two Tests, recording a century on debut and scores of 269 and 161 at Birmingham.
• His double hundred and subsequent century powered India to a win at Edgbaston, leveling the series at 1-1.
• The debate over England’s pitch preparation now intensifies as teams eye the upcoming Ashes and the new World Test Championship cycle.