The past week has brought a lot of sweet memories to the young Indian cricketer, Shubman Gill. He received a national call-up to the national squad for the ODI and T20I series against New Zealand, set to get underway on Wednesday, January 23. He will be replacing KL Rahul in the team, who has been provisionally suspended by the Committee of Administrators (CoA) following his comments on Koffee With Karan.
For Shubman, it’s a golden opportunity to prove his worth ahead of the World Cup (if given a chance), scheduled to start on May 30 in England and Wales. With the Indian middle-order is still looking unbalanced, the 19-year-old would be hoping to impress in the limited-overs fixtures in New Zealand. In the meantime, the Fazilka-born youngster was seen practicing at the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) academy.
Gill was seen honing his skills under the supervision of the experienced Abhishek Nayar and Omkar Salvi. He was accompanied by the likes of Nitish Rana, who came into the Knights’ setup last year, and Shrikanth Mundhe, who was picked up at his base price of ₹20 lakhs in this year’s auction. The Knights official Twitter handle posted a picture of the practice session in the nets.
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The franchise took to Twitter and wrote, “It was another excellent day at the #KKRAcademy, with @RealShubmanGill, @NitishRana_27 and Shrikant Mundhe ironing out the chinks in their armour under the guidance of @abhisheknayar1 and #OmkarSalvi. #KorboLorboJeetbo,”
Here is KKR’s tweet:
📸 It was another excellent day at the #KKRAcademy, with @RealShubmanGill, @NitishRana_27 and Shrikant Mundhe ironing out the chinks in their armour under the guidance of @abhisheknayar1 and #OmkarSalvi 💪#KorboLorboJeetbo pic.twitter.com/QEN1Qhmgjv
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) January 18, 2019
After becoming the second highest run-scorer in the U19 World Cup in New Zealand he was awarded with the Man of the tournament trophy, Shubman was picked up by KKR at a whopping price of ₹1.80 crores. He didn’t play the first few matches but was eventually included. However, when he got chance, he didn’t disappoint and scored 203 runs in 13 games at an average of 33.83 and with a top score of 57* against Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
