The young Indian opener, Shubman Gill showed the audacity of charging down the pitch while facing someone like the lanky Kiwi fast bowler, Kyle Jamieson. As a result, Gill suffered a blow on his helmet on a delivery that spitted off from a short of good length. Shubman Gill was constantly coming down to Kyle Jamieson during the 17th over of Indian innings when the lanky Kiwi fast bowler decided to peg him back.
The incident took place on the 5th ball of the over when Jamieson banged it short and the ball proceeded to spit off short of good length, cramping the young opener for the room. The ball smashed into the lid of Shubman Gill’s helmet and one could hear the impact from far away. Mohammed Siraj and the Indian medical staff immediately rushed on the field to check on Gill.
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That said, India would be happy with the kind of start that they have got after having lost the toss on an overcast morning in Southampton. Both the openers in Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill have looked fairly confident in their approach thus far against a Kiwi pace bowling attack that looked below par in the first 20 overs.
Team India has been quite proactive in their foot movement and anything that has been pitched short or too full by the New Zealand seamers has been dealt with disdain.
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However, at the time of writing, New Zealand finally broke the 62-run-partnership with Rohit Sharma (34) edging a fullish length delivery from Kyle Jamieson straight to the slip cordon. Here is the video of Kyle Jamieson’s fiery Bouncer to Shubman Gil on Southampton:
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