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Unperturbed by the outside noise, Shubman Gill scored again in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) with a series of crucial knocks against Ben Stokes’ England. India’s No. 3 batsman smashed a match-changing century in the second Test against the visitors in Visakhapatnam. Gill then played a knock-filled knock in the third Test to seal Virat Kohli-less India’s record-breaking victory over England’s Bazballers in Rajkot.
With the Jasprit Bumrah-less Indian team arriving in Ranchi for the fourth Test, Gill gave legendary cricketer MS Dhoni a special mention at the pre-match press conference on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters days before the fourth Test in Ranchi, Gill said the entire nation still misses Dhoni, who ended his trophy-laden international career in 2020. The legendary cricketer will return to competitive cricket in the edition of 2024 of the Indian Premier League (IPL). IPL 2024 is expected to be Dhoni’s T20 swan song.
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‘All India misses Mahi Bhai’: Shubman Gill on MS Dhoni
“The whole of India misses Mahi bhai very much. It doesn’t matter where you play, in Ranchi or anywhere else,” Gill told reporters. Gill’s heartwarming statement about Thala Dhoni became an instant hit among fans and followers of the game on social media.
Dhoni, the heartbeat of Chennai Super Kings (CSK), was in his den when India beat South Africa at the CSA International Stadium Complex in the 2019 Test Match. Dhoni was seen giving a pep talk to Indian spinner Shahbaz Nadeem at that moment. Dhoni also posed for a photo with former Indian head coach Ravi Shastri after India recorded their first Test series over the Proteas in Ranchi.
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Gill on his own expectations
Coming back to Gill’s recent run in the five-match Test series, the leading batsman is the second-highest run-getter for the Asian giants after opener Yashasvi Jaiswal. Gill played a stellar knock of 91 off 151 balls as Team India crushed England to deliver their biggest defeat since 1934. The 24-year-old amassed 252 runs in 6 innings for India against England. “It’s a little difficult (to live up to your own expectations). When people from the outside talk about all those things, it doesn’t make much difference to me. But the expectations I had for myself disappointed me a little,” Gill added. .