Indian cricket team opener Shubman Gill had a good year 2023. He showed great performance in the ODI series played against Sri Lanka and New Zealand but he could not be much successful in both the ODIs against Australia.
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Visakhapatnam: Indian team’s young batsman Shubman Gill was selected by the senior selection committee of BCCI in place of Shikhar Dhawan in the ODI team. He had clearly told that Gill is the choice of the team as an opener for the ODI World Cup to be held this year. Gill also justified the performance of the selectors in ODIs this year i.e. 2023. He also scored a double century in ODIs this year, but Gill’s bat has remained silent in the current series against Australia. No big innings has come from Gill’s bat in both the matches played so far.
In the first match played against Australia at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, runs did not come off his bat. This right-handed batsman was dismissed after scoring 20 runs. After this, it was expected that Gill would do well in the second ODI, but in this match it became difficult to even open his account. He could not even open the account after playing two balls.
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Runs were raining before Australia series
Although Gill has failed in these two matches only. Earlier, runs were coming out of his bat. He had rained runs in all the matches he had played before this series in 2023. If we see his figures before the Australia series this year, they are quite impressive. He had played a total of six matches before this series this year and in these six matches, he scored 567 runs with the bat. During this, he scored three centuries and one half-century. He started the year with an innings of 70 runs against Sri Lanka in Guwahati.
After this, he scored an inning of 116 runs in the third ODI against Sri Lanka in Thiruvananthapuram. After this, the New Zealand team came on a tour of India and played a three-match ODI series. In the first ODI of this series, he created a storm and scored a double century in Hyderabad. He scored an innings of 208 runs in this match. In the last match of this series also he scored a century and scored 112 runs in Indore.
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Gill came under the target of Stark
Gill has been dismissed by Stark in both the matches of the ODI series. Stark had Gill caught by Marnus Labushen in the first ODI. This time also the pair of these two showed Gill the way to the pavilion. Earlier, Stark could not get Gill out. Gill played Stark very well in the Test series and faced him strongly.
