India’s new Test captain Gill falls cheaply in IPL
TDT | Ahmedabad
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Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill fell for just 13 runs yesterday in his first Indian Premier League outing after being named captain of the Indian Test team.
The 25-year-old was named as Rohit Sharma’s successor on Saturday, when the selectors announced the team for the five-Test series in England beginning on June 20.
“Feels exciting to be able to have that (Test captaincy) kind of a challenge, it’s going to be a really exciting series for us,” Gill said at the toss against Chennai Super Kings, his team’s last league match.
Gujarat has already made the playoffs of the T20 tournament and are chasing 231 at the world’s biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad, the venue for the June 3 final.
With the spotlight on the newly crowned Test leader, Gill hit a four and a six in his nineball stay before being caught at slip off medium-pace bowler Anshul Kamboj.
Opener Devon Conway and Dewald Brevis hit half-centuries to help bottom-placed Chennai Super Kings end their IPL campaign with a crushing 83-run win over Gujarat Titans on Sunday
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