The Indian opener Shubman Gill has started his preparations for the upcoming Duleep Trophy starting on September 05 where the youngster will be leading the India A squad.
Gill is gearing up for a major red-ball assignment as a captain, posted a video of him playing his trademark shots, drives, and sweeps that have made him one of the world’s most talked about young cricketers.
In between his nets session, he was also seen having a recovery bath and doing a bit of relaxation by lying down on the ground.
“The most effective way to do it, is to do it,” said the caption of Gill’s post. Gill is one of India’s white-ball cricketers shot to stardom with a stunning knock of 91 against Australia at the Gabba back in 2021, which helped India hand over a defeat for Australia on their home soil and secure the series.
His white-ball numbers stayed largely consistent since his days in the U19 World Cup-winning team in 2018. Gill battled through his poor form in the longer format of the game following this breakthrough series against Australia which he scored 259 runs in six innings at an average of 51.80 with two fifties.
After poor performances during the England tour, the ICC World Test Champion final, and the tour of South Africa between 2022 and 2024, Gill’s place in the Test side was questioned.
In Six tests and 11 innings this year, Gill has scored 498 runs at an average of 49.80 with two centuries and two fifties. Duleep Trophy and India’s home schedule starts with Bangladesh on September 19 onwards and will conclude with the Australia tour for the Border Gavaskar Trophy, which will be key in deciding the future course of Gill’s Test career.
Some fine performances at home and a strong Australia tour could help him retain his spot as a number three batter and become a part of the test side.
In 25 tests, Gill scored 1492 runs at an average of 35.52 with four centuries and six fifties in 46 innings. The Punjab batter is a strong FC batter, with 4024 runs in 52 matches with an average of 49.80 with 12 centuries and 18 fifties coming from 90 innings.
The first round of the Duleep Trophy will begin with India A and India B in the first match on September 05 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
With many injuries and withdrawal concerns in the Duleep Trophy, check out the revised squads for the tournament in the first round.
India A: Shubman Gill (c), Mayank Agarwal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel (wk), KL Rahul, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Vidwath Kaverappa, Kumar Kushagra, Shaswat Rawat.
India B: Abhimanyu Easwaran (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wk), Musheer Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Yash Dayal, Mukesh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, R Sai Kishore, Mohit Awasthi, N Jagadeesan (wk)
India C: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Abishek Porel (wk), B Indrajith, Hrithik Shokeen, Manav Suthar, Gaurav Yadav, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Anshul Khamboj, Himanshu Chauhan, Mayank Markande, Aryan Juyal (wk), Sandeep Warrier
India D: Shreyas Iyer (c), Atharva Taide, Yash Dubey, Devdutt Padikkal, Ishan Kishan (wk), Ricky Bhui, Saransh Jain, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Aditya Thakare, Harshit Rana, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Sengupta, KS Bharat (wk), Saurabh Kumar
