Overview

• Sanjay Bangar says Shubman Gill’s first Team India net session in 2019 left Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and head coach Ravi Shastri astonished.
• Bangar recounts that Ravi Shastri urged selectors to play Gill immediately, saying, “Isko abhi khila do.”
• The former coach describes Gill driving full balls, cutting outside off and pulling short deliveries as other nets paused to watch.
• Gill debuted on the 2019 New Zealand tour and scored 9 and 7 in his first two ODIs before growing into a leading limited-overs opener.
• He has amassed 2,775 ODI runs in 59 matches at a 59.04 average with eight centuries, and this week trained in Dubai with the Asia Cup group as T20 vice-captain.