Former Indian cricketer turned Commentator Sanjay Manjrekar was all praise for team India’s young star Shubman Gill after his prolific 87 in the Nagpur ODI which helped India to beat England by 4 wickets.
Manjrekar wrote on X,“We had a term in the team ‘Lambi race ka Ghoda’ for certain players. Meaning someone who will be around for a long time in Indian cricket. That’s what Shubman Gill is!”
We had a term in the team ‘Lambi race ka Ghoda’ for certain players. Meaning someone who will be around for a long time in Indian cricket. That’s what Shubman Gill is! 🙌🙌
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) February 6, 2025
Gill, Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel were the top performers for team India as the trio scored half centuries helping team India to take 1-0 lead in the 3 match T20 series.
Earlier riding on the fifties from Jos Buttler and Jacob Bathel along with a quickfire 43 from Phil Salt England posted 249 on the board , however team India chased the target in just 38.4 overs.
Yashasvi Jaiswal got an opportunity to make his debut for team India in ODI format after Virat Kohli was ruled out of the first One day due to knee injury but couldn’t make a mark in his debut innings as he was dismissed by Jofra Archer for just 15 runs.
At one stage team India was struggling for 19/2 with both the openers back in the dugout but it was Shreyas Iyer who took on England scoring a blasting half century (59) of just 39 deliveries which included 9 fours and 2 sixes. His two sixes to Jofra Archer were the highlight of his innings.
Shubman Gill on the other hand played a typical one-day innings scoring 87 of 96 balls which included 14 boundaries but was dismissed by Saqib Mahmood.
Ravindra Jadeja (12*) and Hardik Pandya (9*) finished the game for team India.
The second installment of the 3 match series is all set to be played in Cuttack followed by Ahemdabad after which team India is set to go to Dubai for the ICC Champions Trophy.
