Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has been impressed with Gujarat Titans (GT) captain Shubman Gill’s leadership during the Indian Premier League (IPL) season. Gill has impressed with his leadership qualities after taking over the captaincy from current Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya ahead of IPL 2024. Won two out of three games. Gill led GT to their second win of the season on Sunday, beating SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) by seven wickets.
Shastri said during the break that Gill had a plan in mind and did not waste much time on the field.
“I want to talk about Shubman Gill. He is very calm. I think he has captained the team well. He is new but, you know, he has adjusted very well because he has not wasted Time is on his team.” Shastri told Star Sports: “He had a plan in mind from the beginning and that was good to see.”
In the match against SRH, Gill scored 36 runs off 28 balls, giving GT a good start as they chased 163 points.
After his dismissal, GT lost a quick wicket, allowing SRH to take control of the proceedings.
However, Sai Sudharsan scored a brilliant performance of 45 runs off 36 balls to take GT across the finish line.
In his post-match speech, Sudarsan said it was a “difficult” wicket to take against fast bowlers.
The 22-year-old also praised Mohit Sharma and Rashid Khan for restricting Hyderabad to 162 runs.
“I’m happy that my contribution helped the team win, so definitely happy. It’s a difficult wicket to play against the fast bowlers and it’s hard to score on pitches so we decided to target that spin. It’s great The contribution of Mohit bhai and Rashid bhai, picked crucial wickets to restrict the target to around 10-15 runs. Playing in front of the home crowd is a plus point for us. Everyone wants to score more runs, I just want to give my best and the milestones will happen automatically,” said Sudharsan.
(With ANI input)
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