6,6,6,6,6,6,4,4,4….. Shubman Gill created havoc in Ranji, played a devastating innings of 268 runs, showed no mercy to the bowlers

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|29-08-2024

Shubhman Gill: Young batsman Shubman Gill, who was recently appointed as the vice-captain of Team India, has seen a lot of success in a very short time. Many times players take years to reach this point. However, to reach here, Gill started working hard from an early age.

Before entering international cricket, this 24-year-old batsman has scored a lot of runs in domestic cricket. This promising player from Punjab has many great innings to his name. Today in this article we are going to discuss the excellent innings of 268 runs played by Shubman Gill in Ranji Trophy.

When Shubman Gill scored 268 runs

Shubman Gill

Actually this incident is from the year 2018. Ranji Trophy was going on. Punjab and Tamil Nadu teams were face to face. If we talk about this match, Punjab captain Mandeep Singh decided to bowl first after winning the toss.

Batting first, Tamil Nadu team was all out after scoring only 215 runs in the first innings.

In response, Punjab's start to batting was quite excellent. Shubman Gill, who came to open the innings, was seen in a tremendous form. The right-handed batsman stayed at the crease for 513 minutes and played a brilliant innings of 268 runs in 328 balls. His innings included 29 fours and 4 sixes. Apart from him, Mandeep Singh also scored 50 runs.

The situation of this match was something like this

Thanks to Shubman Gill's brilliant double century, Punjab scored 479 runs in the first innings against Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu came to bat in the second innings and scored 383 runs for the loss of 6 wickets, then the umpire declared the match a draw with the consent of both the captains.

Baba Indrajit scored the highest 93 runs from their side. However, this match became a topic of discussion because of Gill's innings. This innings of Shubman got him a ticket to Team India. This player entered the world of international cricket the very next year. At this time he was only 20 years old.

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