Shubman Gill showcased his batting prowess with an magnificent 52-ball 46 against Pakistan in Dubai, similar to master blaster Sachin Tendulkar’s style. After a rigorous journey in Australia, Gill has returned to form, hitting a century against Karnataka and excelling in recent matches.
During Gill’s free-flowing 52-ball 46 against Pakistan on Sunday at the Dubai, as he hacked Shaheen Shah Afridi for three fours in the seventh over, one of the shots stood out. A booming straight drive which showed the hapless bowler of Pakistan the full face of the bat and raced the boundary like a ‘visible bullet.’ The spectacular stroke, and the follow through, had the signature style of a sure Sachin Tendulkar – the legend who possessed perhaps the best straight drive in the game- in it.
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Along with his short-arm pull, there is another Gill shot that his fans have been watching on loop ever since he unleashed it during his match-winning 101 not out off 129 balls against Bangladesh in India’s 2025 ICC Champions Trophy opener at the same venue on Thursday. It was came in the India’s chase inning in the ninth over, as he dispatched seamer Tanzim Hasan Sakib into the second tier of the stands above deep mid-wicket, leaving even his opening partner and Indian skipper Rohit Sharma puffing in awe.
After a rough tour of Australia for the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy just a few months back, Gill faced a severe existential crisis in the career. He scored just 93 runs in three Tests@ 18.60, with 31 as his highest score. Due to finger injury forced him to miss the first Test and surely affected his performance, the low point for Gill was on Day of the fifth final Test at Sydney, when, overly distracted by Steve Smith’s sledging, he charged down the track to Nathan Lyon only to edge the ball to a gleeful Smith at slip.
