During the 33rd match of the 11th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Kolkata, Kolkata Knight Riders’ Shubman Gill scored his maiden IPL half-century in a match-winning knock.
After Dinesh Karthik put the visitors in to bat, Chennai Super Kings scored 177-5 in their allotted quota of 20 overs. Their innings was powered by starts from four of their batsmen. Had even one of them went on to play a substantial innings, they would have registered a match-winning total.

Gill was promoted up the order at No. 4. He came in to bat in the fifth over and took this opportunity with both his hands. In the following over, which was the last of the powerplay, Gill hit Shane Watson for three boundaries in the over. At the halfway mark, Gill had scored 18* (12) and was in the middle of a partnership with another rookie, Rinku Singh.
It appeared as if Dinesh Karthik’s entry in the middle acted as an additional boost for Gill, who played like a senior pro with his captain on the other end. One over which changed the match in the favour of the Knight Riders was KM Asif’s third over, in which Gill hit the bowler for two sixes.
With a couple of runs off Ravindra Jadeja in the 16th over, he completed his half-century on the first ball of the following over. Gill remained unbeaten till the end as he scored 57* (36) with the help of six fours and two sixes. Watch how Twitterati reacted on his maiden IPL half-century:
Shubman Gill !!!! Another India U19 player lighting up the #IPL ……….
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) May 3, 2018
That cover drive from Shubman Gill! Great news for KKR, even better news for Indian cricket.
— Joy Bhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj) May 3, 2018
Prithvi Shaw one night and Shubman Gill the next. Graduates of the class of 2018 U19 CWC. A wealth of youthful Indian talent being exposed to a greater worldwide audience in #vivoipl2018. Pleasure to watch.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) May 3, 2018
Shubman Gill will turn out to be more impressive in the long run than Virat Kohli. #KKRvCSK
— Mohamed Zeeshan (@ZeeMohamed_) May 3, 2018
Shubman Gill is some serious talent, he will serve Indian National team well, many say he could be next Kohli , who does not throw away his wicket easily n likes to remain on crease until the job is done #KKRvsCSK #IPL2018
— Rizwan Haider (@razi_haider) May 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/Sajjanlaunda/status/992108841931177984
Shubman Gill is such an exciting batsman to watch๐
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) May 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/umangthakur__/status/992097068708642816
thats the way ! top class inng from the BIG BYRD @RealShubmanGill ! love always byrd
— Gurkeerat Mann (@gurkeeratmann22) May 3, 2018
Calm & collected win like Captain @Dineshkarthik himself & my babies gaining in every match @realshubmangill @shivammavi23 &Narine is Narine
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) May 3, 2018
Congrats @KKRiders for the win, and the young star #ShubmanGill for steering your team to victory! #KKRvCSK we need to get better @ChennaiIPL we will bounce back strong ๐ช
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) May 3, 2018
Great opportunity for Shubman Gill, hope he takes it ๐ค๐ค #KKRvCSK
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7) May 3, 2018
Shubman Gill gets to bat in the top order for the first time this season and he delivers with a match-winning fifty.
He was sent in at No.7 four times and No. 6 once before getting to bat at No. 4 today. #KKRvCSK
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) May 3, 2018
I will be seeing a lot of Shubman Gill in the years ahead. And I will enjoy what I will see. Special.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 3, 2018
.@RealShubmanGill and @DineshKarthik were totally calm and composed with no fancy stuff. Great innings from both of them to see @KKRiders through. #KKRvCSK
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) May 3, 2018
Just how talented is Shubhman Gill…super impressive. #KKRvCSK #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 3, 2018
What a delightful player young man Shubman Gill is. Congrats #KKR they back on track in style. #IPL2018
— arjun rampal (@rampalarjun) May 3, 2018
Shubman Gill is the 4th youngest to score a fifty in IPL after Sanju Samson, Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh Pant. #KKRvCSK
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) May 3, 2018