Gujarat Titans (GT) coach Parthiv Patel shared a stunning IPL story of India’s newly appointed Test captain Shubman Gill during the second Test against England. The second game of the five-match Test series began on Wednesday, July 2, at Edgbaston in Birmingham.

Talking on air during the opening day, Parthiv Patel revealed how Gill had started preparing for the Test series towards the end of the IPL 2025 season as well. Notably, Gill is also the captain of the Gujarat Titans.

“Jab IPL chal raha tha toh akhri ke 15 the, wahan pe unhone woh badlav shuru kar diya tha. Agar T20 format ki baat kare toh wahan par unka bohot hi bada initial movement tha aur woh bade shots bhi zyada khel rahe the. Lekin yaha par woh gend ko apne taraf aane de rahe hai. Woh zyada compact ballebaazi kar rahe hai. Uske liye unhone mehnat bhi kari hai. Throwdowns mai woh koshish karte the ki off-stump cover kare, gend ko apne paas ane de,” Parthiv said (via Star Sports India).

(When the IPL was going on in the last 15 days, he had started making the changes. If you look at the T20 format he has a very big initial movement and played big shots as well. But here he is letting the ball come towards him. His batting is more compact. And for that he has worked hard as well. During throwdowns he would try to cover his off-stump and let the ball come towards him)

However, Shubman Gill had an impressive IPL 2025 season where he scored 650 runs from 15 matches, which came at an average of 50.00 and a strike-rate of 155.87 with six half-centuries.