IPL 2021: WATCH – Shubman Gill hits a stunning six off T Natarajan’s bowling
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Shubman Gill who was Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) most consistent player in last season’s Indian Premier League (IPL), provided another good start to his side’s innings along with Nitish Rana. Although he managed to score just 15 runs in the end, he provided excellent support to Rana who was going ballistic at the other end and taking on the SRH bowlers at will, irrespective of who the bowler was.
The very first ball of the innings bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar was hit for a four by Nitish Rana and that set the tone for an excellent start by the openers. Incredibly, there had just been one 50+ partnership for KKR last season in the 14 matches that they played. However, in the first match here, they came up with a 53-run partnership which could have been much more had Rashid Khan not produced a beauty to remove Gill.
Watch – Shubman Gill deposits T Natarajan into the stands
In the fifth over of the innings bowled by SRH’s yorker specialist T Natarajan, Gill did not give him time to settle by going after the pacer off the very first ball. He picked the ball on a length and punched it for a big six over long-on.
It was well and truly a classy six that received the approval of the commentators as well. The ball then had to be sanitized due to the COVID-19 protocols for sixes hit into the stands.
The six was the highlight of Gill’s stay at the crease which showed a lot of promise but ultimately, ended when a slower googly from Rashid Khan caught the opener off-guard, despite the fact that he had read the wrong-un.
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