IPL 2023: Shubman Gill: Virat Kohli – Shubman Gill does not leave any opportunity to shower praise on his idol Virat Kohli. After smashing his maiden IPL ton against SRH, Gill said, ‘When I was 12-13, I followed Kohli the most, he has been my idol.’ The RCB Superstar reciprocated the young batter’s gesture by applauding him for his stellar knock. The Gujarat Titans opener made his Guru proud by playing a chanceless innings, and yet again proved that he is an all-format player just like Kohli. Gill’s sublime hundred helped GT qualify for the playoffs and knocked SRH out of IPL 2023 race. Follow IPL 2023 Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
‘Kohli’s passion and commitment motives me’ Gill on why he considers RCB superstar as his idol
It is no secret that Kohli is highly motivated and committed towards playing cricket. It is that one quality that stands out from the rest. GT opener is also in awe of the RCB superstar’s passion and says that has inspired him the most. Like Kohli, Gill also first found success at the Under-19 level and later went on to establish himself in the Indian Cricket team. The opening batter always gets compared to Kohli due to his insane amount hunger to score runs in all formats of the game.
IPL 2023: Gill’s maiden IPL helps GT qualify for playoffs, SRH Kohli-powered RCB in the hunt for playoffs
Gill’s hundred has enabled GT a place in the top two in the playoffs. GT are leading the table with 18 points, and only MI can equal them in the points table. GT will play their last league match against RCB on May 21. Kohli-powered RCB have kept their playoffs alive by beating RR. They have two games left against SRH and GT and need to win two games to keep their playoff hopes alive. Kohli has not scored in the last two matches against MI and RR, the RCB superstar would be keen to make amends in matches against SRH and GT and help RCB reach playoffs.
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