Shubman Gill left for a duck off nine deliveries on the first morning of the third Test in Rajkot on Thursday, February 15, following a crucial century in the second innings of the second Test in Vizag.
Prior to the commencement of the second Test, Gill was having difficulty scoring runs in red-ball cricket. After being removed for 34 in the opening over, he hammered a century off 147 balls in the second. After this knock, the Punjabi batter would have wanted to get stronger. All he could do, though, was record his second duck of the series.
India would have wanted their two most seasoned front-line hitters, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, to form a significant partnership after they lost Yashasvi Jaiswal early. But the young player appeared quite uneasy while facing England’s fast-bowling pair, Mark Wood and James Anderson. Wood gave the right-hand batter a big delivery off the fourth ball of the sixth over of the day, which angled in before nibbling away at the last second to induce the nick. Within the opening thirty minutes of the Test match, the tourists took their second wicket thanks to Ben Foakes’ accuracy behind the stumps.
Once again, Shubman’s average fell below 31, coming in at 30.79 after 1,201 runs in 42 innings in the game’s longest format. With a long history of reliable batsmanship, Gill has cemented himself as one of India’s most trustworthy players in the ODI format. He hasn’t, however, performed up to his standards in T20Is or tests.
Netizens harshly criticized the young batter after the 24-year-old was out for a duck for the sixth time in his international career.
This is how ‘X’ users responded to Shubman Gill’s most recent setback:
5⃣0⃣ for captain Rohit Sharma! 👏 👏
His 17th Test fifty as #TeamIndia move past 80.
Follow the match ▶️ https://t.co/FM0hVG5pje#TeamIndia | #INDvENG | @ImRo45 | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/fOrJssYKcs
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 15, 2024
Looks like even if there is slightest of lateral movement, Gill will fall. Pushing hard at the ball, strong bottom hand not helping him. #ShubmanGill
— VIshal (@Vishal_9907) February 15, 2024
England seems to have found the formula to dismiss Shubman Gill early! 👀#ShubmanGill #INDvENG #Cricket #Sportskeeda
— CRIC UPDATE KING 👑 (@ShaikAr40631249) February 15, 2024
Give me Ahmedabad IPL match.
Or I Retire 😭Generational Fraud Prince Shubman Gill.#INDvENG #ShubmanGill pic.twitter.com/koxHl4GLGE
— Darwish PTI 🇵🇰 (@msayubi632) February 15, 2024
England’s session.
But jadeja and Rohit looking pretty good, if they manage to stay wicketless next session we might be looking at a good recovery 👍#INDvsENG #rohitsharma #ShubmanGill pic.twitter.com/J6T8tvprpP
— Kandy G (@Kandy_G_) February 15, 2024
Shubman Gill is facing more criticism than ball these days.#INDvENG #Shubmangill #INDvENG • #SarfarazKhan #INDvENGTest #PSL9Anthem #PSL9 pic.twitter.com/yKrNv2iQQ6
— Sania Nawaz (@imsanianawaz258) February 15, 2024
Shubman Gill made his 6th duck today in International Cricket…
Interestingly his all 6 ducks came against only 3 Teams(Australia,England,South Africa)#INDvENG#Cricket #CricketTwitter#INDvsENGTest #ShubmanGill pic.twitter.com/FreRaxw2CU— Yash (@its_yash078) February 15, 2024
Koi bkl hi hoga jo shabnam gill ko virat, babar sai compare karayga…🫵#INDvsENGTest #INDvENG #ShubmanGill #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/3DNDSnqSjE
— Mehran Sofi (@MehranSofi3232) February 15, 2024
Start the game with 1st Innings duck 🙏🙏 #ShubmanGill#INDvsENGTest pic.twitter.com/B5W7TTK6MA
— Renjith mvk (@renjithmvk) February 15, 2024
Not this time Again 💔#ShubmanGill #gill #INDvsENGTest pic.twitter.com/UcEP7d89TK
— Manoj Yadav 🇮🇳 (@TheMANOJYADAV_) February 15, 2024
Road prince 😂
Flat pich master 😂#INDvsENGTest #ShubmanGill pic.twitter.com/FKbmOIhuHd— Cricbar (@GulMehnaaz) February 15, 2024
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