Sanjay manjrekar praises shubman gill: The first ODI between India and England was played in Nagpur on 6 February. In this match, Team India easily defeated England by 4 wickets with 68 balls. The team was in trouble at the beginning of India’s innings. But the team’s young batsman Shubman Gill saved the team from staggering by playing a brilliant innings and put the match in India’s bag. After this brilliant innings of Gill, India’s legendary cricketer and commentator Sanjay Manjrekar has praised him a lot.
Manjrekar praised Gill fiercely
Appreciating Shubman Gill’s innings, Sanjay Manjrekar wrote on the social media platform X, “Some players in our team were called ‘long race horse’, that is, who will stay in Indian cricket for a long time. Shubman Gill is also the same One of them! “
We had a term in the team ‘Lambi race ka ghoda’ for certain players. Meaning someone who will be Around for a long time in Indian Cricket. That’s what shubman gill is!
– Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) February 6, 2025
Shubman Gill showed with his batting how important he is for Team India. In the absence of Virat Kohli, he had a big responsibility, which he fulfilled well.
Gill showed amazing at number 3
Shubman Gill, who usually started the innings, molded himself according to the need of the team in this match. He batted at number 3 keeping in mind the debut of young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal. Gill came to the crease after Yashasvi was dismissed, but Rohit Sharma was dismissed in the next over. After which Gill and Shreyas Iyer made a brilliant partnership of 94 runs off 107 balls. Then Iyer was dismissed for 59 runs.
After Iyer was dismissed, Shubman Gill and Akshar Patel jointly shared a big partnership of 108 runs off 107 balls. Akshar Patel was dismissed for 52 runs. Shubman Gill was also dismissed after his 12 balls. Shubman Gill scored 87 runs from 96 balls at a strike rate of 90.62. Which included 14 fours.
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