Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill
Shubman Gill: Indian team’s young batsman Shubman Gill could not perform well in the Test series against Australia. He flopped badly in the series and failed to perform as per his name. Where he did not play in the first test match due to injury. After this, there were no big innings from his bat in the second and third test. Even in the fourth test, captain Rohit had shown him the way out of the playing eleven. Only 93 runs came from his bat in five innings. Gill, who has been struggling with poor form, has now confirmed his availability to play in the Ranji Trophy in domestic cricket.
Gill can play for Punjab team in Ranji Trophy
Shubman Gill has confirmed his availability for Punjab for the sixth-round Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka from January 23, reports ESPNcricinfo. Punjab team has not been announced yet. Gill has had a very poor performance outside Asia. His average in 18 innings outside Asia since June 2021 is 17.64. If he plays for Punjab team in Ranji Trophy, it can help him in getting the rhythm and by scoring runs, he can regain the lost confidence.
Last played match for Punjab in Ranji Trophy in 2022
Shubman Gill last played for Punjab in Ranji Trophy in the year 2022. Then they played against Madhya Pradesh in the quarter-finals in Aloor. After losing the Test series 1-3 in Australia, coach Gautam Gambhir and Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar had asked the top players to be available to play for their respective state teams in domestic cricket.
Shubman Gill’s career was like this
Shubman Gill made his Test debut for the Indian team in the year 2020. After this, till now he has scored 1893 runs in 32 test matches for Team India, which includes 5 centuries and 7 half-centuries. He has scored 2328 runs in 47 ODI matches and 578 runs in 21 T20 International matches for Team India.
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