INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans on Monday appointed Shubman Gill as their captain for the 2024 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) following
Hardik Pandya's decision to join Mumbai Indians, his first IPL team
Shubman was part of the Gujarat Titans' inaugural title wining team in 2021, under Pandya's captaincy
Shubman, who has played 91 IPL matches in his career so far, scoring 2790 runs at an average of 37.70, including 3 centuries and 18 fifties,
said he is excited for the big challenge
In a video posted by Gujarat Titans on their social media, their new captain Shubman spoke about the big role in the side."I think it's
gonna take, like, probably till the time we don't play the first match
It's not gonna, you know, quite sink in
I mean, I was about seven or eight years old when you know IPL started happening
Obviously, it's a dream for any kid who wants to be a cricketer and wants to play the IPL to be able to captain a team
Then to be able to be that kind of binding factor in this team, it feels amazing," Gill said in a video posted by Gujarat Titans."I mean, we
all know captainship comes, with a lot of things, and commitment is one of them
Discipline is one of them
And because I think I've played under great leaders and I've learned a lot from them, I think those learnings that I have had from their
experience playing under them is gonna help me a lot in this IPL," he said
"We have great leaders in our team, be it Kane or be it Rashid bhai or be it Shami bhai or even, David, even Wriddhi bhai, I think it's
And obviously there are gonna be a lot of learnings along the way, which would be my experience as a captain
India in dressing room after World Cup finalShubman had an astonishing 2022 season with GT
The stylish Indian opener slammed 890 runs in 17 matches at an average of 59.33, with three centuries and four fifties
He was named Orange Cap winner in the touranament.
