Impressed with his leadership qualities in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), former India head coach Ravi Shastri has heaped praise on Gujarat Titans (GT) captain Shubman Gill. After taking over the captaincy from Hardik Pandya, who is now the captain of Mumbai Indians, ahead of IPL 2024, Gill has impressed with his leadership qualities, winning two of his first three matches at the helm. On Sunday, Gill led GT to their second win of the campaign, a seven-wicket victory over SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH).
During the mid-innings break, Shastri said Gill had the plans in mind and did not waste much time on the field.
“One aspect I would like to discuss is Shubman Gill. He was calm. I thought he was a very good captain. He is new to this job but you know, he is adapting extremely well because he did not waste time with his had a plan in mind from the start and it was good to see,” Shastri told Star Sports.
In the match against SRH, Gill scored 36 off 28 balls, giving GT a flying start in the chase of 163.
After his dismissal, GT loses quick wickets, allowing SRH to take control of proceedings.
However, Sai Sudharsan played a magnificent knock of 45 runs off 36 balls to take GT across the finish line.
During the post-match presentation, Sudharsan claimed that it was a ‘tough’ wicket to take on fast bowlers.
The 22-year-old also praised Mohit Sharma and Rashid Khan for restricting Hyderabad to 162 runs.
“I am happy that my contribution helped the team to win, so absolutely happy. It was a difficult wicket to play against the fast bowlers, the bowling on the pitch was difficult to score so we decided on that one spin. Great.” contributions from Mohit bhai and Rashid bhai, picked crucial wickets and limited the target to around 10-15 runs. Playing in front of the home crowd is a plus for us. Everyone wants to get more runs, I just want to do my best Milestones will happen,” Sudharsan said.
(With ANI inputs)
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