Shubman Gill took a supernatural catch to help him advance against Lucknow Supergiants in his first game in IPL 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium. Lucknow’s innings was already in shambles as Mohammed Shami dismissed KL Rahul on the first ball. He then came back and dismissed Quinton de Kock and Manish Pandey. In between, Varun Aaron also accounted for Dangerman Evin Lewis, which is where Gill stepped in.
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It was the fourth ball of the over as Lewis tried to pull the pacer and missed him. Gill ran back and made a 360 degree turn to catch the catch, which looked very easy on TV. Here’s the video.
Earlier while talking to PTI, he revealed what was going through his mind while playing for a new franchise. Earlier he was with Kolkata Knight Riders where he was being asked about the future.
“It is obviously special if you are retained by any team, but I have not thought much about the adjustments, now that I am with Gujarat Titans. It will be a big challenge for me as it is a new franchise and Ashu bhai (head coach Ashish Nehra) and Gary Kirsten (mentor) are great people. I just had a brief chat with them and they seem to be great people. I am confident that we will do well as a team,” Gill said.
“I started my IPL career with KKR batting at No. 6 and 7. The first whole year (2018), I batted at No. 6 and maybe once, if I remember, had I opened the innings in 14 matches. I think I batted at No 4 once that season. In the second year, I batted at No 7 and this was actually the third year I got the chance to bat. If you ask me what I like, I would love to bat at the top of the order but if the team wants me to play a different role, I play for that.”
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