IPL 2022: Shubman Gill Reminds Of 2016 Virat Kohli As He Plunders 84 Runs Off 46 Balls

GT vs DC IPL 2022: Shubman Gill acts as a lone warrior as he plunders 84 runs off 46 balls for Gujarat Titans against Delhi Capitals.

GT vs DC IPL 2022: In the 10th match of IPL 2022 between Gujarat Giants & Delhi Capitals, Shubman Gill reminded cricket fans of Virat Kohli in 2016, who smacked 4 centuries in a single season. 

After being put in to bat first, GT lost Matthew Wade early in the first over. However, Shubman Gill held the other end and completed his fifty off 32 balls in the 13th over. From thereon, Gill changed gears as he smacked 34 runs off the next 13 balls to help Gujarat Titans to a fightable total. 

As wickets continued to fall apart from a 47-ball-65 run partnership with GT captain Hardik Pandya. With this innings, Gill reminded us of Virat Kohli from 2016, who used to play a similar sort of innings, carefully moderating the acceleration. Kohli used to start off cautiously and slowly, completing his fifty off 35-45 balls, and then changing gears to smack another 40-50 runs in the next 15-20 balls. 

Another special thing about Gill's inning was the no. of dot balls he faced. Out of the 45 balls he faced, 10 cleared the fence and the 22-year old faced only 6 dot balls, making sure of rotating the strike regularly. 

While talking about the match, powered by Shubman Gill's classy inning, GT posted a target of 172 in front of DC. Apart from him, Hardik Pandya managed 31 runs. For DC, Mustafizur Rahman picked up 3 wickets for 23 runs in 4 overs while Khaleel Ahmed managed two important wickets. Kuldeep Yadav managed a scalp as well. Both of these batters who were draft picked by Gujarat Titans prior to the IPL 2022 mega auction, added 65 runs in 47 balls for the third wicket to help GT to fightable total after losing the first two wickets for just 44 runs in 6.1 overs.