Young opener Shubman Gill has improved by leaps and bounds since his transfer to Gujarat Titans in IPL 2022. Gill has shortly turn out to be prime India batter in all three codecs of the sport, scoring his maiden ODI double century and first T20I ton during the last couple of months in worldwide cricket.
The defending champions of the IPL, Gujarat Titans, already contemplate Gill has one of many captaincy choices – if and when skipper Hardik Pandya decides to vacate the place. Ahead of the IPL 2023 season opener in opposition to the Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Titans’ cricket director Vikram Solanki highlights Gill’s management qualities to the media.
“Shubman Gill has always been a leader in his own right. He adopted a leadership role last year and yes I absolutely believe that he can be captain of the future because apart from his immense talent with the bat he has a smart cricket brain too,” Solanki advised the media over a Zoom media interplay on Thursday (March 23).
Gill managed to tally 483 runs in 16 matches in IPL 2022 at a mean of 34.5 with 4 half-centuries and top-score of 96.
The former England batter elaborated that even Hardik Pandya wasn’t a newcomer to captaincy position. “Hardik wasn’t new to the management position. I seen his as a pacesetter from the time he joined the staff final 12 months as a result of he had the expertise of successful 4 IPL titles with Mumbai Indians. It is all in regards to the conduct and the way you interact with the staff.
“We are looking forward to Hardik joining the team. We don’t know if there will be a change in him since he has taken over the captaincy role with India team. I am sure he will keep the entire team involved,” Solanki mentioned about Hardik Pandya.
Skipper Hardik gave a superb account of his all-rounder capacity in Gujarat Titans’ title-winning run in IPL 2022. Solanki feels Hardik has utterly overcome the decrease again points which dogged him earlier than the IPL 2022.
“Hardik is very professional and looks after his body considering the strain he has to take keeping in mind different formats of the game. Our medical team is in constant contact with BCCI medical team to ensure he is best shape for the tournament,” GT cricket director revealed.
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The Titans will miss the companies of David Miller for the IPL 2023 in opposition to MS Dhoni’s CSK on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. “It is disappointing that David (Miller) is missing and as things stand, we need to respect his commitment to South Africa national side. All we can do is prepare the guys who are already here for the first game. It is just one game and we look forward to welcoming David really soon,” Solanki mentioned.
Meanwhile, requested about ‘Impact Player’ rule which is able to come into power in IPL 2023, Solanki mentioned it is going to be attention-grabbing change for all the ten franchises. IPL 2023 would be the first season to function an Impact Player – one substitute who can are available to bat and bowl – however the league has stipulated that the Impact Player can solely be an Indian except there are fewer than 4 abroad gamers in a staff’s beginning XI.
