Virender sehwag brutal verdict on shubman gill: Gujarat Titans started their campaign against Punjab Kings at their home ground. However, Gujarat lost by 11 runs against Punjab Kahees in their season opener. While losing the toss at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Punjab scored 243 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Gujarat Titans could only manage 232 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. At the same time, Virender Sehwag, former star of the Indian cricket team, has criticized Shubman Gill’s captaincy in this match.
Shubman Gill was not ready- Sehwag
Sehwag said that Gill was neither ready nor active in his view and proved to be a major reason for Gujarat’s defeat. Sehwag specifically explained how he used fast bowler Mohammad Siraj and said that he was removed from the attack long ago in the powerplay.
Talking to Cricbuj, Sehwag said, “Under Shubman Gill’s captaincy, I felt that he was not up to the mark. He was not ready, not active. Because when Mohammad Siraj bowled well, you brought Arshad Khan, he probably looted 21 runs in an over. He got 21 runs.
Sehwag further said, “We discussed if Mohammad Siraj is bowling well, then get him three or four overs in the powerplay. If he will dismiss or do well, there is no use to stop him later. Later he was killed.”
The former opener further said, “I felt that there should be a proactiveness in the captain that this bowler is doing well, I will get it a couple of more, either it will dismiss it or will go out for less runs by bowling well.”
This was the condition of the match
If we talk about the match, in IPL 2025, Punjab Kings started a bang and defeated Gujarat Titans in a thrilling match. This high-scoring match was extremely struggling till the last over, where the game on every ball was seen to change, but the Punjab bowlers performed brilliantly in the last moments and snatched the victory from the jaw of Gujarat Titans.
Batting first, Punjab Kings scored a huge score of 243 runs thanks to Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy innings (97 runs). His banging innings saw a brilliant strokeplay, which gave the team a strong base. The Gujarat Titans team started chasing the target and made it a brilliant start and it seemed that they would easily reach the target.
But in the final overs of the match, Vijay Kumar Vayaksh changed the entire equation of the game by bowling tightly. In front of his accurate yorker and the best line-length, Gujarat batsmen came under pressure and eventually the entire team could score 232 runs, which Punjab won the match by 11 runs.
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