Shubman Gill had a day to forget on the field against Rajasthan Royals during the 18th match of the Indian Premier League 2021. He, first, played an intent-less innings during the powerplay before dropping two catches while fielding. Kolkata Knight Riders registered their fourth straight defeat in the ongoing season and gone at the bottom of the points table after being beaten by Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai.
Gill has often been labelled as the next Virat Kohli. Interestingly, he was seen using cuss words just like Kohli. The Indian skipper has been caught by the camera several times using cuss words during the matches.
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The incident occurred when Gill dropped Rahul Tewatia’s tough catch near the boundary ropes. He was very close to the boundary after taking the catch, hence, decided to throw the ball in the air to take a rebound catch. However, he threw the ball a tad far and couldn’t complete the catch. After this, he was caught by the camera using some cuss words.
Fans were quick in spotting it and took it to Twitter and lashed Gill for this behaviour. See the Twitter reaction below;
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Thats a drop catch, he didnt had to throw the ball, he did and then threw it far away. 2 drops for Shubman Gill apart from 19 ball for 11 runs in Power Play. #kkr
— M. Sarosh Ebrahim (@msarosh) April 24, 2021
Shubman Gill couldn't have chosen a worse date to produce that bad performance #IPL2021
— Hari Sadanandan (@iamharry_88) April 24, 2021
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Shubman Gill giving a special performance on Sachin's birthday! 😂
— Mohit Dayal (@_mdayal) April 24, 2021
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Aaj Shubman Gill ka din itna bura chal ra kahi Sara bhi dump na karde.#Shubmangill #HBDSachinTendulkar
— Satyam (@akeladka) April 24, 2021
Kolkata Knight Riders got off to a poor start after losing the toss. They scored just 25 runs in the powerplay, where Gill contributed 11 runs off 19 balls that he faced. Nitish Rana also played a slow innings to score 22 runs in 25 balls. Cameos from Rahul Tripathi and Dinesh Karthik took KKR’s total to 133/9 in 20 overs. Chris Morris took four wickets in his spell at the expense of 23 runs.
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In reply, Rajasthan Royals chased the target down comfortably. Sanju Samson played a calm innings to anchor the chase till the end. He remained unbeaten for 42 runs. He found a good ally in David Miller, he was not out after scoring 24 runs. RR won the game by six wickets with seven balls to spare.
