CSK vs GT: " Shubman Gill Has Risen To The Pinnacle Of T20 Batting Quickly" - Sanjay Manjrekar

The defending champions Gujarat Titans (GT) are all set to lock against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the final of IPL 2023. Mumbai Indians (MI) in Qualifier 2 of IPL 2023. Shubman Gill decimated MI’s bowling lineup and smashed his 3rd ton in the tournament. Shubman Gill played a spectacular knock of 129 runs in 60 balls and smashed 7 fours and 10 huge sixes.

GT would be aware of the fact that they can’t afford to get complacent against CSK. We witnessed in Qualifier 1 how MS Dhoni-led side snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against GT at Chepauk. The track at Ahmedabad is assumed to assist both spinners & pinch hitters.

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GT’s senior pacer Mohit Sharma was the pick of the bowlers against MI who not only took 5 wickets but gave away only 10 runs in 2.2 overs. Hardik’s tactics of making Mohit Sharma bowl in the death overs proved to be decisive as Mohit took the priced wicket of Suryakumar Yadav who was looking threatening.

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It looks unlikely that the left-arm off-spinner Mitchell Santner would get a chance as the mystery spinner Maheesh Theekshana has been quite economical and shown good control over his line & length.

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CSK’s batters will have to carefully negate the threat of Noor Ahmad as the spinner has got a lot of variations to fox the batters. Deepak Chahar will have to lead the bowling attack, the way Shubman Gill is playing, it won’t be easy for the opposition to stop him.

Shubman Gill is a three-format player – Sanjay Manjrekar

Sanjay Manjrekar was having an interaction with ESPNcricinfo. Sanjay Manjrekar stated that Shubman Gill can be 3 format player for India. Shubman Gill praised Shubman for his rise in T20 cricket and said that only a few batters have managed to achieve that feat smashing tons in 3 formats.

“This is when you see a player and think there is something special to offer in the future. You look at all those years that he has played in the IPL and how quickly he has risen to the pinnacle of T20 batting, that is something few batters manage to achieve,” said Sanjay Manjrekar.

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“A three-format player, he is going to be opening for India in the World Test Championship final. India gets one player every generation that stood out, maybe Shubman Gill is the guy for the next generation,” he added.

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