Shubman Gill played an impressive unbeaten innings of 89 runs for Gujarat Titans in their recent IPL 2024 match against Punjab Kings on Thursday. His innings, the highest individual score of the season so far, helped GT reach a total of 199/4 in the first innings. Despite Gill’s outstanding performance, GT ended up losing the match by a narrow margin.
While Shubman Gill’s impressive score was a positive sign for him, it was overshadowed by Shashank Singh’s outstanding performance. Singh’s fiery knock helped Punjab Kings secure a thrilling three-wicket win over Gujarat Titans in their recent IPL match on Thursday.
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Shubman Gill met the famous singer Ed Sheeran recently. During their chat, Sheeran asked Gill if he had a girlfriend, to which Gill replied, “NO.” Sheeran then joked, “On the Market.” Later, Sheeran showed Gill a photo of some cricketers sent by a friend of his wife.
Shubman Gill has been performing well for the Indian cricket team lately, but his spot in the T20 World Cup 2024 squad isn’t certain. This is because there’s tough competition for positions at the top of the batting order.
Players like Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul are also vying for opening and No. 3 spots. Gill’s recent strong innings for Gujarat Titans caught attention, but former New Zealand cricketer Simon Doull still has some doubts about his selection.
“Not yet. No, no, no,” he responded on Cricbuzz when asked if Shubman Gill’s outstanding innings against Punjab Kings secured his spot in India’s T20 World Cup squad.
“He’s got a, you know, I mean, that spot up the top when you take in a World Cup 15. It should be 18 in my opinion. But when you’re taking that side and you’re picking it, you really only carry one extra top-order batter. You’ve probably only room for one top-order replacement batter if it happens to be someone like KL Rahul, who can keep wickets for you. And that is a real bonus. That top-order replacement batter, he keeps, Shubman doesn’t keep. And if he can’t make the side ahead of Jaiswal, Rohit and Virat at the moment, he probably doesn’t go,” he explained.