India batter Shubman Gill remembers motivating phrases from MS Dhoni: Your debut was higher than mine

India batter Shubman Gill has recalled a narrative of MS Dhoni motivating him after he didn’t put up an enormous rating in his debut match. Gill mentioned Dhoni got here as much as him and mentioned no less than your debut was higher than mine. 

New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 19, 2022 19:28 IST

Gill says he was touched by MS Dhoni’s gesture (PTI)

By India Today Web Desk: India batter Shubman Gill has recalled a narrative of MS Dhoni motivating him after he didn’t put up an enormous rating in his debut match. Gill mentioned Dhoni got here as much as him and mentioned no less than your debut was higher than mine.

Speaking on the chat present Dil Diyan Gallan, Gill make clear the time he made his India debut. He mentioned he was dismissed after solely scoring 9 runs when Dhoni provided phrases of motivation to him.

“The day I made by debut, I was dismissed when India were around 15. I was sitting outside and was sad having scored just 9 runs in my debut. So Mahi bhai came and saw that I was very sad. I was then around 18-19 years old. He told me at least your debut was better than mine,” mentioned Gill.

He went on to say that he realized that Dhoni was dismissed for a golden duck on his debut, insisting he was touched by the previous India captain’s gesture.

“I realized he was dismissed for golden duck in his debut. He did not face a single ball and was run out. Then he started laughing and joking and I was touched by that gesture,” Gill added.

India’s veteran wicket-keeping batter Dinesh Karthik thinks that Gill has plenty of potential and it was solely a matter of time earlier than he earned a nationwide call-up in T20Is.

“You just get the feeling that it was inevitable after a player of his class and ability didn’t play T20 cricket for India. There were two things, one that competition is immense in India and the fact that you are needed to do more than expected and he’s come good in the last few months,” Karthik was quoted as saying to Cricbuzz.

Gill is presently on tour to New Zealand with the Indian workforce for a three-match T20I sequence. The opening match was washed out on Friday. The second sport might be performed on Sunday on the Bay Oval.

Edited By:

Rounaq Sehrawat

Published On:

Nov 19, 2022