The Indian youngster, Shubman Gill has been rubbing shoulder with the Indian players for quite some time since he became the Player of the Tournament in the 2018 U19 World Cup in New Zealand. He was rewarded with a spot in the Kolkata Knight Riders and he has already played three seasons for them in the Indian Premier League. Then in 2019, he got the opportunity to make a debut for India during the tour of New Zealand.
Gill played a couple of ODIs when Virat Kohli took a break after the first three matches. The youngster was thereafter included in a number of squads, but he couldn’t get into the playing eleven, somehow. The right-hander was included in India’s ODI squad for the three-match series against Australia. India lost the ODI series in the first two games itself and in the last game, Shubman got his chance.
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The Young Turk came in as a replacement of Mayank Agarwal in the eleven and came out to open along with Shikhar Dhawan. After playing the game, Gill’s happiness knew no bounds. He uploaded a couple of pictures to express his joy and happiness. In one pic, he was seen, batting with Indian skipper, Virat Kohli.
In the second, Shubman was seen, standing in a relaxed mode with his teammates, which also included debutant T Natarajan. He captioned the pictures and wrote, “Great feeling representing my country.”
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Meanwhile, former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh decided to take a dig at Gill over one of the pictures. Yuvraj, who retired from international cricket in 2019, hilariously reminded him the difference between playing for India and turning out for a local team.
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Yuvraj replied to Shubman and wrote, “Indeed a pleasure batting alongside the great Virat Kohli! Maharaj jeb vicho hath kado India da match chal reha hai club da nahi. (Sir, please remove the hands from your pocket. You are playing for India, not for any local club).”
Here’s the screenshot of Yuvraj’s reply-
As far as the match was concerned, Gill amassed 33 runs off 39 balls with three fours and a massive six. He played at a strike-rate of 84.62, impressing the commentators. He eventually perished to Ashton Agar while trying to play a sweep shot.
