‘There’s so much adrenaline when you are batting’ – Shubman Gill on his century against Bangladesh in Asia Cup 2023

India’s young batsman Shubman Gill again stood tall for the Indian team as they were chasing, a decent target of 266 runs against Bangladesh in the super four stages of the Asia Cup On 15 September in Colombo. In the end, India fell short by six runs and lost the game, however, Shubman Gill received wide appreciation for his amazing knock. 

Gill scored 121 runs off 133 deliveries with a strike rate of 90.98. After the match, Shubman Gill talked about how the batters were thinking of rotating the strike, since the pitch was slow, and there were many dot balls during the innings. He also revealed that the batters were planning to play the ball late while keeping it close to the body. 

Shubman Gill on his century against Bangladesh

“On slow wickets, there are a lot of dot balls. Our chat as a batting group is to reduce dot balls and rotate strike. The track was slow and was taking turns, so taking singles was not easy, especially for new batters. The talk was about playing it late and close to the body”, said Shubman Gill while talking to ESPNcricinfo after the game against Bangladesh.

 “We had a camp in Bangalore before coming here and practised on similar surfaces. The World Cup is such a long tournament, and as we go deep into the tournament, the wickets will get slower. It is not easy for batsmen coming in to rotate strike and minimize dot balls. That’s what as a batting unit and bowling group we are looking to overcome”, added Gill. 

“There’s so much adrenaline when you are batting, sometimes you miscalculate. That was a miscalculation on my side. When you got out, you saw there was a lot of time left. If I had batted a bit normally or not that aggressively, we should have been able to get over the line,” said Shubman Gill. 

India’s captain Rohit Sharma also appreciated Shubman Gill for his stellar performance in the postmatch ceremony and said, “Gill’s hundred was brilliant. He backs his game, he knows exactly how he wants to play. Pretty clear on what he wants to do for the team. Look at his form over the last year. Pretty solid against the new ball. Works really hard, there’s no optional practice for Gill.”