Fans have often left surprised when they see the batsmen, who are known for classic strokeplay, bring out innovative shots, and there was a similar kind of moment during the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Gujarat Titans (GT) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). It happened when Shubman Gill played a ‘rare’ reverse sweep off Krunal Pandya in the 11th over of GT’s innings.

Gujarat Titans (GT) got off to a slow start against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Tuesday in Match 57 of IPL 2022 at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune. They only managed to reach 59 for three at the end of 10 overs after Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bat. Wirddhiman Saha, Mathew Wade, and Hardik already returned to the pavilion before the halfway mark of the innings.

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Shubman Gill, batting on 30 off 26 balls, decided he had to play an unorthodox shot to break the shackles. In the 11th over, bowled by Krunal Pandya, he picked up outside off delivery and played a reverse sweep. The ball came off his bat perfectly before it went for a boundary towards the third man region.

Still, GT was yet to get the full rhythm. They reached 82/3 in 13 overs and must start to shift the gears to post a challenging total against the potent LSG batting unit, under the captaincy of KL Rahul.

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Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock (wk), KL Rahul (c), Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Jason Holder, Karan Sharma, Dushmantha Chameera, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan

Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Shami

Here is how the fans reacted:

There you go, makes Gill opt for reverse which he doesn't usually do. A boundary. https://t.co/SuqwJBMGZo

— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) May 10, 2022

Can Shubman Gill lift the Titans to a big score?#GT: 82/3 | 13 overs

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— 🏏Flashscore Cricket Commentators (@FlashCric) May 10, 2022

Shubman Gill 👍

— Phoenicss (@phoeniccss) May 10, 2022

Yeh shot out of syllabus tha, @ShubmanGill bhai!😜#LSGvGT | #AavaDe | #TATAIPL | #SeasonOfFirsts pic.twitter.com/bjXtxRKTfW

— Gujarat Titans (@Gujarat_titans1) May 10, 2022

https://twitter.com/faxsxl/status/1524042355279425537?s=20&t=tLNXwV9qmDSc9wj3F4Eo3g

@ShubmanGill @GujratTitans @mufaddal_vohra Koi jaake bata de Gill ko ki IPL is 20 over championship. He always play like 50 over ODI match

— Kshitij Goyal (@KMG2302) May 10, 2022