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[PICTURES/VIDEOS] Is Shubman Gill the best young cricketer in the world today?

We all know Gill can eviscerate bowlers.

But with this knock he's made a statement about his temperament. Frankly, I did not think he had it.
 
SO far, Gill has scored 37 runs out of which, 30 runs have come in boundaries (3 fours and 3 sixes). Brilliant
 
BouncerGuy said:
SO far, Gill has scored 37 runs out of which, 30 runs have come in boundaries (3 fours and 3 sixes). Brilliant
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50 up now for Gill. This is the 4th fifty-plus score for Shubman Gill in the series. Good stuff.
 
He definitely has adjusted his technique against spinners. He is using the feet a lot more unlike before. Hope he gets better and better. I don't mind players getting show up for their weakness as long as they work hard to address it
 
Gill showed today with his batting display vs high pace why he is rated so highly.
 
Gill has played well here in this series. Abdullah is, unfortunately, an overaged batter who benefits from playing on the flattest pitches in the world.
 
Much like Kohli, Gill has clear glaring holes in his technique. It's not a big deal per se. He also has the conventional and some unconventional shots that he can use to put pressure on the bowlers.
 
BouncerGuy said:
50 up now for Gill. This is the 4th fifty-plus score for Shubman Gill in the series. Good stuff.
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He has now scored a century and this is the 4th one of his career. Partnership of 158(231) with his Captain Rohit Sharma. Brilliant inning this is and he is still looking hungry for more runs.
 
All i wanted was that Gill should work on his defensive technique against spin and leaving the pacers. He has improved leaps n bounds.. Good signs.
 
Gill the bunny of Anderson?

Shubman Gill vs James Anderson in Tests:
Runs: 91
Balls: 166
Dismissals: 6
Avg: 15.16
4s/6s: 16/1
 
James Anderson reveals what he said to Shubman Gill before dismissing him :ROFLMAO:

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BouncerGuy said:
Gill the bunny of Anderson?

Shubman Gill vs James Anderson in Tests:
Runs: 91
Balls: 166
Dismissals: 6
Avg: 15.16
4s/6s: 16/1
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Yea At this point. Gill was never a opener. With Pujara, Rahane around he was forced to open. No surprise he is being a bunny against him. He has to work on his shot selection, feet movement.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
James Anderson reveals what he said to Shubman Gill before dismissing him :ROFLMAO:

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Anderson went after all the youngsters. He went after Jaiswal too. Jaiswal in a rush of blood gave his wicket away to Anderson. Then in the next match he took his revenge. He went ballistic against him.

98 runs in 150 balls against Anderson - Jaiswal averaging 50.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
That is what you learnt from that? lol It was ANderson that went after guys who was half his age.
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It was also a half-his age guy who is still going here and there is not established himself to be a great player going against the all-time great bowler who took 700 wickets.
 
BouncerGuy said:
It was also a half-his age guy who is still going here and there is not established himself to be a great player going against the all-time great bowler who took 700 wickets.
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He scored a hundred in 2 matches and match winning 50 in the chase all against Anderson. What all time great bowler was doing when his team needs him the most ?He bowled 12 percent of his team fully completed overs and lost all the matches he played against a young team
 
Vikram1989 said:
He scored a hundred in 2 matches and match winning 50 in the chase all against Anderson. What all time great bowler was doing when his team needs him the most ?He bowled 12 percent of his team fully completed overs and lost all the matches he played against a young team
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Conditions brother conditions. Spinners dominating the while series while pacers struggled. Still Anderson has a fifier.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Conditions brother conditions. Spinners dominating the while series while pacers struggled. Still Anderson has a fifier.
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What about bumrah?. Anderson bowled for 110 overs at sr of 11 overs for 10 wickets(excluding 5 will be too damning).so batting team has to bat atleast 70 overs for a wicket assuming he will come before new ball as its sc wicket.If he can't even clean up lower order,what's the use of it?
 
Vikram1989 said:
What about bumrah?. Anderson bowled for 110 overs at sr of 11 overs for 10 wickets(excluding 5 will be too damning).so batting team has to bat atleast 70 overs for a wicket assuming he will come before new ball as its sc wicket.If he can't even clean up lower order,what's the use of it?
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Bumrah is also a world-class bowler and he used the home condition to his full advantage but we are not talking about bumrah and Anderson here. It all started because of Shubman so stay with him.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Bumrah is also a world-class bowler and he used the home condition to his full advantage but we are not talking about bumrah and Anderson here. It all started because of Shubman so stay with him.
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If Anderson is an all time great he must be better than anyone and he should dominate anywhere
 
Lol. Jimmy had a go first and folks are making fun of Gill for standing up for himself?

In fact, Gill is right. 10 wickets in 4 matches for Jimmy. Whereas Gill was the 2nd highest run scorer in this series after Jaiswal.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Lol. Jimmy had a go first and folks are making fun of Gill for standing up for himself?

In fact, Gill is right. 10 wickets in 4 matches for Jimmy. Whereas Gill was the 2nd highest run scorer in this series after Jaiswal.
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Its about time Gill did something after being backed series after series.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Gill has played well here in this series. Abdullah is, unfortunately, an overaged batter who benefits from playing on the flattest pitches in the world.
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Gill had to be moved down due to being clueless in the oppening spot.
 
shamaan said:
Its about time Gill did something after being backed series after series.
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Yeah but posters suggesting that Gill should stand by and respect Jimmy for his seniority when Jimmy was having a go is foolish. Nobody wants a timid batsman who won't give it back a bit.

Good for Gill.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Yeah but posters suggesting that Gill should stand by and respect Jimmy for his seniority when Jimmy was having a go is foolish. Nobody wants a timid batsman who won't give it back a bit.

Good for Gill.
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Gill has to iron out a few weakness. But that guy is not timid for sure. Besides Anderson needled Jaiswal as well. It is easy to get on the nerves of early 20 guys. Jaiswal's calculated assault against Jmmy was after Jimmy sledged him in the previous match and got him out.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Yeah but posters suggesting that Gill should stand by and respect Jimmy for his seniority when Jimmy was having a go is foolish. Nobody wants a timid batsman who won't give it back a bit.

Good for Gill.
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I have no issues with Gill standing up to Jimmy.
 
Jaiswal has made Gill improve his game. That’s why i believe in Capitalism, raise your game or get out and play IPL.
 
Shubman Gill, the GT captain registers a half century for himself. Now let see how many more runs can he add to his tally today against PBKS?
 
Quality stroke player but not clutch the way Pant/Rinku etc are. Strictly in T20s that is.
 
I liked how he is always looking positive and cheering up his team mates even if they were tonked for sixes and putting down catches. Didnt knew this side of him. Compare to Rohit.. MC and BC are not far away from his mouth.
 
I am kinda surprised by his demeanour and confidence. Probably learnt from others. His trump card Rashid khan is letting him down massively. He bowls crap. He drops sitters. Doesn't do anythingi with bat. That is where he is struggling
 
Real test of captaincy is ODI and Test Cricket.
 
Shubman Gill's Bold 'Injustice' Take On T20 World Cup Selection Talk

There is no bigger honour than representing India in the T20 World Cup but as Gujarat Titans' skipper, Shubman Gill feels that he will be "doing injustice to himself and his team" if national selection occupies his mind. The 24-year-old, who scored 890 runs during IPL 2023 and is among the top-10 batters in the current list believes that if he is "picked" it will be another chance for him to take a shot at glory. If he is not picked, then he will wish the selected 15 the very best from the bottom of his heart.

“Playing for India is the biggest thing. But if I start thinking about the World Cup, then I will be doing injustice to my current team (GT) and myself."

“If I have to be picked for the T20 World Cup, I will be picked. But right now, my focus is on IPL and how to get the best out of my team and perform the best for my team which also helps my players,” Gill told PTI in an interview.

For any player appearing in a World Cup is a dream, but Gill is learning the art of controlling the controllable.

“Obviously as a player, I want to be there and play the World Cup and get that opportunity to represent my country at the highest level – the biggest stage of T20 cricket.

“Having played in a World Cup last year, I have had my share of experiences, and it would be great to be able to play another World Cup. But I am not thinking that far ahead,” he added.

But he didn't forget to mention – ever so subtly – that he has a body of performance built over two seasons.

“I have scored almost 900 runs last season and if I had to be picked, I will be picked if not (then) best of luck to those who are picked,” Gill said.

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With so many new talents available watching the same old guys in the competition is going to be a hard pill to swallow for many Indian fans. Gill most likely will be cut out from the squad. Guy who scored 893 runs in the last iPL edition thrashing the bowling will not be representing India.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
With so many new talents available watching the same old guys in the competition is going to be a hard pill to swallow for many Indian fans. Gill most likely will be cut out from the squad. Guy who scored 893 runs in the last iPL edition thrashing the bowling will not be representing India.
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Yep. You are right. India has far better players than him atm that can make a mark. Abhishek from SRH for example.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
With so many new talents available watching the same old guys in the competition is going to be a hard pill to swallow for many Indian fans. Gill most likely will be cut out from the squad. Guy who scored 893 runs in the last iPL edition thrashing the bowling will not be representing India.
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Well how many he scored in ODI World Cup? He was in terrific form in bilateral ODIs too before World Cup and ended up as worst Indian batter who played in the top 5 in the World Cup.
 
Ab Fan said:
Well how many he scored in ODI World Cup? He was in terrific form in bilateral ODIs too before World Cup and ended up as worst Indian batter who played in the top 5 in the World Cup.
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He was in form when he entered. Covid really disrputed him. He looked weak. He did well in Tests later.
 
He was an absolute box office player last season. They made him captain and decided to take "responsibility' of a very weak batting line up. Here we are. Ruturaj in current form is way better than Rohit. another guy they never even discussed
 
Yup.

@Mamoon Any insights into why Gill has been excluded from the T20 squad following a similar exclusion from the test squad earlier this year?

To be fair, Jaiswal appears to be a genuine generational talent, and someone far more capable of carrying the baton forward from Kohli.
With his limited technical skills, particularly in facing spin, Gill has never been and is unlikely to ever be mentioned in the same breath as Kohli, or even Babar.
 
Farabi said:
unlikely to ever be mentioned in the same breath as Kohli, or even Babar.
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Babar maybe better than gill atm but this is a laughable statement. Babar himself has made a career bashing c teams.

Gill outperformed Babar in the last wc and has had a better away test career, Babar is lucky he gets to play at the highways of pindi.

Babar is better in t20s though
 
Farabi said:
Yup.

@Mamoon Any insights into why Gill has been excluded from the T20 squad following a similar exclusion from the test squad earlier this year?

To be fair, Jaiswal appears to be a genuine generational talent, and someone far more capable of carrying the baton forward from Kohli.
With his limited technical skills, particularly in facing spin, Gill has never been and is unlikely to ever be mentioned in the same breath as Kohli, or even Babar.
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I remember when he said Gill is in the class of kohli who's in the class of Sachin and viv 😂.
 
Hold on guys lol Just because Indian selection committee is bunch of tools that won't make Gill any less talented. India has far too many options as openers. Only vacant spot is middle order. Ideally neither ROhit nor Kohli should be going.
 
Ok guys. Keep it simple. Not to turn this thread into a comparison one. Will derail the whole thread. Thanks
 
Farabi said:
Yup.

@Mamoon Any insights into why Gill has been excluded from the T20 squad following a similar exclusion from the test squad earlier this year?

To be fair, Jaiswal appears to be a genuine generational talent, and someone far more capable of carrying the baton forward from Kohli.
With his limited technical skills, particularly in facing spin, Gill has never been and is unlikely to ever be mentioned in the same breath as Kohli, or even Babar.
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Both Gill and Jaiswal are better than Babar.

Gill can consider himself extremely unlucky but at the end of the day, the level of competition is extremely high.

It is very difficult to accommodate Gill in the same XI as Rohit and Kohli and it came down to him vs Jaiswal and Jaiswal was the obvious choice because he is more explosive.

Gill should not feel dejected because this is the last time Rohit and Kohli will feature in a T20 World Cup and Gill is going to represent India in many World Cups. He might even captain India in the future.
 
Rana said:
But he was rightfully dropped by India

On the other hand, Babar awarded captaincy as if he is Kane Williamson
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Gill was rightfully dropped I 100% agree, however tbf to gill, he was a monster of a player and was far better then Jaiswal.

However them dengue happened and when he came back he seemed to lose all his power and acceleration and timing.

He's done good in test due to being technically sound and having good footwork and shot selection but atm he's out of place in t20.

Babar should have been removed since his form regression In 2022 and should have been removed from the t20 format, both him and rizwan yet people think Azam had 4 bad tournaments hence its a normal thing lol.
 
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Gill is nowhere near Kohli when it comes to discipline and determination. He will never reach Kohli's status with this kind of attitude. :inti
 
Rana said:
But he was rightfully dropped by India

On the other hand, Babar awarded captaincy as if he is Kane Williamson
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Another thing, the issue with NZ is that they don't have a better leader then Williamson atm.

Willamson is probs the greatest captain to never win a world cup, even though 2019 eas deserved or at the very least deserved another super over.

Babar on the other hand is the most embrassing leader I've ever seen. Never heard him say anything other then shabash shabash and then randomly erupting In flames when things go haywire.
 
mominsaigol said:
Gill was rightfully dropped I 100% agree, however tbf to gill, he was a monster of a player and was far better then Jaiswal.

However them dengue happened and when he came back he seemed to lose all his power and acceleration and timing.

He's done good in test due to being technically sound and having good footwork and shot selection but atm he's out of place in t20.

Babar should have been removed since his form regression In 2022 and should have been removed from the t20 format, both him and rizwan yet people think Nepal E Azam had 4 bad tournaments hence its a normal thing lol.
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He also took over captaincy in a tricky phase. He has never captained any side at any level. Even his under-19 side was led by PRithvi shaw. So he has to juggle that for one thing. Second thing is he has issue switching between formats like all youngsters. He is coming back from test series where he was used to leaving balls, playing risk free cricket. Not everyone is Rishab pant who plays the same way everywhere. His ball striking dramatically improved last season. He was hitting sixes for fun both at internationals and IPL. Now he is a bit more conservative. He unlocked hisp otential last year. Now a pause. He can get back on track very soon.
 
ONCE AGAIN. This thread is not about Babar. All irrelevant posts will be removed.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
He also took over captaincy in a tricky phase. He has never captained any side at any level. Even his under-19 side was led by PRithvi shaw. So he has to juggle that for one thing. Second thing is he has issue switching between formats like all youngsters. He is coming back from test series where he was used to leaving balls, playing risk free cricket. Not everyone is Rishab pant who plays the same way everywhere. His ball striking dramatically improved last season. He was hitting sixes for fun both at internationals and IPL. Now he is a bit more conservative. He unlocked hisp otential last year. Now a pause. He can get back on track very soon.
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Gill will obviously get back on track soon.

He's a generational talent. How many players not even 25 years old have 9 international centuries in a single calender, are automatically an all format player and have a double century to their name?
 
Good decision not to select him for the World Cup because he has not met the modern standards of cricket in recent IPL matches.
 
While speaking to a sports channel former India captain Sunil Gavaskar commented on Shubman Gill’s exclusion from India’s ICC T20 World Cup 2024 squad:

“India is blessed with an abundance of talented cricketers. They have so much depth that even their second-string team could potentially win the World Cup with some luck. This creates a dilemma where accomplished players like Shubman Gill may miss out on selection, despite their capabilities,”

“I believe his current form was responsible for his exclusion. He has been inconsistent in the past several games. He had a great start. His varying performance in the past four games has cost the Gujarat Titans wins. Whenever he doesn’t fire, GT has lost,”
 
Cricket Warrior said:
While speaking to a sports channel former India captain Sunil Gavaskar commented on Shubman Gill’s exclusion from India’s ICC T20 World Cup 2024 squad:

“India is blessed with an abundance of talented cricketers. They have so much depth that even their second-string team could potentially win the World Cup with some luck. This creates a dilemma where accomplished players like Shubman Gill may miss out on selection, despite their capabilities,”

“I believe his current form was responsible for his exclusion. He has been inconsistent in the past several games. He had a great start. His varying performance in the past four games has cost the Gujarat Titans wins. Whenever he doesn’t fire, GT has lost,”
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This is an illogical take. SIraj was utter tripe, Arshdeep was also tripe in the IPL. Jadeja is another crap player. How come they were backed?
 
Also what is the excuse for not selecting Ruturaj who is the leading run scorer this season eclipsing Kohli inspite of playing on way tougher chennai pitches
 
While speaking on a program on a local sports media platform, Virender Sehwag suggested that Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill is lucky to have his name in the traveling reserves for the ICC T20I World Cup 2024:

"I think he's lucky that his name is in the T20 World Cup reserves. KL Rahul and Ruturaj Gaikwad are not even in that. That's a good point and he should be motivated by that. Next time, he should not let his place go once he gets a chance. He should focus on scoring runs at a good strike-rate so he doesn't get replaced."

"In my days, we had Ganguly, Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxman. It doesn't matter how many runs the other guys scored, these guys didn't go out because they never stopped scoring runs. How will you drop them if they keep scoring runs? They never gave a reason to get dropped. This is what Shubman Gill has to learn. Once he returns to Indian team and plays regularly post the World Cup, he shouldn't let such an opportunity arise again. Improve your skills and score big, because big scores will eventually save you."
 
Shubman Gill said at the press conference ahead of their final game of the season against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Hyderabad:

“When you come as a player, you are more focused on your growth as a batter, player and fielder. But, when you are captaining, you should know how to get the best out of your players.”

“It was important for me to tell them what their role is and how I can get the best out of them. And, that is the challenge. I don’t think captaincy affected my batting. If I am thinking about those things while I am batting, then I won’t be able to get the best out of myself as a batter."

“I am as motivated as one can be. Irrespective of what the position is, I always play to win. That’s the mindset and the intensity at which I go about my things. I can say that you would see all of our players playing at that intensity."
 
Shubman Gill has been released from the India squad of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. He was a part of 4 men-traveling reserves. But now he along Avesh khan will fly back to India.

I think it was a pre-planned decision as said by the batting coach of India.

What do you think why he was sent back??
 
People are spamming Gill's Instagram accusing him of unfollowing Rohit Sharma... Finally some masala from Indian team. :afridi
 
Croma said:
People are spamming Gill's Instagram accusing him of unfollowing Rohit Sharma... Finally some masala from Indian team. :afridi
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There was some news about Gill's disciplinary issue which is why he was sent back but Rathore is saying that it was already planned. It could be a covering statement
 
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