Sachin Tendulkar vs CSK in 2009, Shubman Gill vs LSG in 2022: An uncanny resemblance

Before Gujarat Titans’ match in opposition to Lucknow Super Giants on Tuesday, Shubman Gill stated he had grown up idolising Sachin Tendulkar. By the top of his unbeaten 63 off 49 balls, not solely Gill had performed a key position in GT’s 62-run win over LSG however he emulated his childhood hero to affix a uncommon IPL membership.

On April 18, 2009, Sachin Tendulkar had change into the primary participant to have batted via 20 overs in an IPL match with out hitting a six. Over a decade in a while May 10, 2022, Shubman Gill turned solely the second such participant.

Tendulkar, who performed within the IPL for Mumbai Indians, had opened the innings with Sanath Jayasuriya in opposition to Chennai Super Kings within the first match of the 2009 IPL and remained unbeaten on 59 off 49 balls. He hit 7 fours and batted with a strike-rate of 120.40 as MI completed with 165 for 7 off in Cape Town.

Chennai Super Kings managed solely 146 for 7 in response and misplaced by 19 runs.

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Shubman Gill wasn’t even 10-years-old when Sachin Tendulkar performed that gutsy innings in South Africa. Today, he’s 22 and among the many most profitable batters in IPL 2022.

Shubman Gill opened with Wriddhiman Saha and batted via the innings to attain an unbeaten 63. Ironically, like Sachin Tendulkar, Gill had additionally confronted 49 balls and hit 7 boundaries.

The irony doesn’t simply finish there. Sachin Tendulkar was the one participant to hit a half-century in that recreation. Shubman Gill was the one participant with a fifty in GT’s victory over LSG.

In case you’re questioning, Sachin Tendulkar and Shubman Gill each received the man-of-the-match awards for his or her efforts.

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Shubman Gill has been in sensible kind for Gujarat Titans. He is at present the fourth main run-scorer in IPL 2022 with 384 runs together with 4 fifties from 12 matches.

If Shubman Gill does realise the similarities between his innings and Tendulkar’s again in 2009 in opposition to CSK, he could be a really proud man.

Shubman Gill stated he had at all times deliberate to complete matches for his crew and that was certainly one of his objectives earlier than the beginning of the match.

“It’s quite pleasing. When you’re there till the end, you finish the match for your team. It was one of the goals I had before the start of the season that I want to finish at least three or four matches for the team,” Gill informed Star Sports.

Shubman Gill stated he was taken in abruptly with the seam on provide on the MCA Stadium in Pune and added that Krunal Pandya’s conservative method with the ball helped him and David Miller rotate the strike.

As many as 31 runs of Gill’s knock got here in singles.

“I didn’t expect the ball to seam as much in the start but it was nipping around in the first three or four overs. I was expecting their spinners to get turn.

“I felt that they did not bowl up as a lot. If Krunal would have bowled up, it might have been tough for us. But he was bowling quick, a bit conservative and it was simple for us to maneuver round and we saved on selecting these singles that are necessary on these sort of wickets,” he stated.