Vinay Kumar
new Delhi. Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill played the best IPL career so far against Delhi Capitals (DC) at the MCA Stadium in Pune. He scored 84 runs in 46 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 6 fours. Played a stormy innings. Shubman Gill missed out on scoring his first century in the IPL. Bowler Khaleel Ahmed’s ball hit him for 84 runs in the affair of batting.
Shubman Gill did not spare anyone in this innings. Washed all the bowlers fiercely. Significantly, this is Shubman’s fifth IPL season. Such a great innings came from his bat in his fifth season. In today’s match, Gill and Vijay Shankar took their team’s score to 44 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in the power play. The pressure of slow batting was clearly visible on Vinay Shankar and he was tackled in the affair of playing a big shot on the first spin ball from bowler Kuldeep Yadav. Clean bowled.
Shubman hit some great shots. He hit 2 fours in the over of the ball, Shardul Thakur. Left arm spinner Axar Patel hit a six off the ball. Team captain Hardik Patel also hit the balls of bowlers Khaleel Ahmed, Axar Patel and Sharad Thakur fiercely and accelerated the run rate. Shubman hit Kuldeep Yadav for 4 fours and then took a single and scored a half-century in 32 balls.
Shubman Gill hit 2 consecutive fours in the balls of Khaleel Ahmed and in the 14th over of his team’s batting, the team’s score crossed 100 runs. But, captain Hardik Pandya’s shot was caught by Rovman Powell at long on in the same over and he was out. Shubman hit two sixes in Axar Patel’s over after hitting a six off Kuldeep Yadav in full swing. But, in order to play a big shot on Khaleel Ahmed’s ball, his shot was caught by Axar Patel at deep midwicket. Gujarat Titans (GT) team added 105 runs in the last 10 overs.