Gujarat Titans opening batter Shubman Gill continued his purple patch in the Indian Premier League 2023, scoring his second successive hundred on Sunday. Gill’s century powered the Titans to another victory in the competition. However, the result also saw Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore exit from the tournament. While wins and losses are part of the sport, a section of fans didn’t take RCB’s loss well and abusively abused Gill on social media. Gill’s sister Shahneel was targeted by some fans, especially over her Instagram post after the match.
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“What a wholesome day,” Gill’s sister Shahneel wrote on Instagram while sharing pictures from the match. A number of fans wrote hateful comments on the post for both Shahneel and Shubman.
While some fans weren’t happy to see Gill ending RCB’s campaign in the 16th edition of the T20 league, there was absolutely no animosity between him and Kohli because of the result. In fact, after the match, Kohli acknowledged Gill’s knock with a hug.
I am in good form. It’s about getting a start and turning it into a big one. In the first half of the IPL, I missed out on those big ones. I got a lot of 40s and 50s. Thankfully, it’s all working out for me in the IPL business. You need to keep batting in T20 cricket. Gill said after the match, “You have to continue to apply yourself, to believe in yourself.”.
GT skipper Hardik Pandya praised Gill and Kohli at the post-match presentation ceremony.
“He knows that when he plays those cricketing shots and bats like a batter, it’s a different Shubman Gill. Today, the kind of options he picked and the kind of places he hit, as a bowler he doesn’t give any chance. That makes him very special and other batters get confidence from him. We would have taken 197 at the start, but it wasn’t as successful as we should have been. Special innings from Virat. He batted well but we were too early for death bowling,” he said.
The defending champions Gujarat Titans face Chennai Super Kings in Qualifier 1 on May 23, hoping to book their spot in the May 28 final.
