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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) opener Shubman Gill has announced his arrival in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 with a steady, stylish and classic half-century against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.
The right-handed batsman slammed seven boundaries, including two sixes in his fifth IPL half-century. Gill made an unbeaten 70 from 62 balls to guide his 💖side to their first victory in IPL 2020.
Gill was well supported by England cricketer Eoin Morgan who scored 42 not out. The duo added a match-winning 92-runs stand to defeat Sunrisers by 7 wickets.
Apart from Gill, all-rounder, Nitish Rana made a valuable contribution.🐈 Rana smashed a quickfire 26 with the help of six boundaries.
Manish Pandey guides SRH to 140+ score
Earlier, SRH Captain David Warner got off to a good start as he scored 36 off 30 balls. He was looking set to shift the gears before spinner Varun Chakravarthy sent him back to the dugout.
Manish Pandey was the top scorer for Sunrisers with 51 off 38 balls. He added a vital 62 run-stand for the third wicket with Wriddhiman Saha (30). Mohammad Nabi added a handy 11 off 8 balls with two boundaries to take the team’s score to 142/4.
For the Knight Riders, paceman Pat Cummins shined with the white leather. The Aussie quick was the most economical bowler for SRH as he conceded just 19 runs in his 4 overs along with a valuable wicket of Jonny Bairstow.
Here is how Twitter reacted
Was happy that all the kids in the team got a good match and ended up on the winning side. @RealShubmanꦛGill ( be healthy) welcome and the big guys of u r awesome for looking afte꧃r them.
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk)
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Comfortable win for bowling was on point. And how good was💧 @RealShubmanGil♊l ? Morgan batting well in the middle overs makes kkr a team to watch out for this season in ipl
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
.@RealShubmanGill has possibly played his best innings so far… He showed great maturity and temperament! Just the innings needed to lift their batting. too played a good hand! An excellent way to comeback into the winning ways..
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj)
.﷽@RealShubmanGill is like chill! Main hoon 🌳na! 😉
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha)
Gill saheb ne jeeta sabka dil 💓 !! What a knock @RealShubmanGi🎀ll 🔥 !! Playing with maturity and hope he finishes in style and finish the match for !!
— Reema Malhotra (@ReemaMalhotra8)
Congratulations to for fabulous victory over . Her𓆏o of the vi꧑ctory is young talented player shubhman gill
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv)
Driving the leg spin down to long off & jogging a single & then driving the googly down to long on & ambling another single. This is ultimate domination of ꦫa spinner. Gill did that to Rashid tonight.
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)
Gill has been too go𒆙od for someone who is only 21. Future GOAT for a reꦺason. Has gears, game and also a good head.
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS)
Calmness in a tight chase by Gill. Runs he will always🧸 make, but this quality of being composed under pressure is a big 🔯asset.
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Good fine innings from @RealShubmanGill
Very well playing young man
— Vinod Kambli (@vinodkambli349)
Star boy 💫💫 @RealShubmanGill 🔥🔥 keep goi🌱ng bro
— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3)