Ravi Shastri on Shubman Gill's captaincy : Before IPL 2024, Hardik Pandya left Gujarat Titans and joined Mumbai Indians. Therefore GT had to hand over the captaincy to young player Shubman Gill. Gill impressed everyone with his leadership skills and won two of the first three matches. After losing to Chennai, Gujarat registered a 7-wicket win against Sunrisers Hyderabad yesterday. Former India head coach Ravi Shastri praised Shubham Gill's leadership skills.
Former Indian coach praised Gill
During yesterday's match between Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad, Ravi Shastri praised Gill and said, “Shubhman Gill is a player I want to talk about. He was calm. I think he captained the team very well. He is new in this area, but you know.” He is adjusting very well, as he did not waste time in field placement. “He had a plan in mind from the beginning and it was nice to see.”
Gujarat won by 7 wickets
Talking about the match, SRH set a target of 163 runs for Gujarat. In reply, Gill gave a good start to GT by scoring 36 runs in 28 balls. But after his dismissal, Gujarat Titans lost their rhythm and lost wickets quickly. In such a situation, Sunrisers came back into the match, but Sai Sudarshan gave victory to Gujarat Titans by playing a brilliant inning of 45 runs in 36 balls.