"Comes in, bowls those yorkers, slower ones...": GT skipper Gill praises Mohit Sharma
Mar 31, 2024
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], March 31 : Gujarat Titans (GT) skipper Shubman Gill on Sunday labelled pacer Mohit Sharma as an "experienced" bowler following his side's 7-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024.
In the first inning, Mohit bagged a three-wicket ahul in his four-over spell and gifted 25 runs at an economy rate of 6.20.
While speaking at the post-match presentation, Gill said that it was not easy to bowl in Ahmedabad, especially in this heat. The skipper also praised Mohit for practicing the 'yorkers and slower ones' in nets.
"He's such an experienced player, especially on wickets like these. He comes in day in day out, he practises his skills and he's so skilled. It's not easy in this heat to bowl four overs back-to-back, sometimes three overs back-to-back. But he comes in, bowls those yorkers, slower ones and mixes it so well. The credit has to go to him for practising those skills and to be able to have the confidence to execute them in the match. In this heat, wherever we play in the day match, it's easier to score with the new ball. Once the ball gets old and the wickets gets slow, it's difficult to hit those sixes, especially on the longer side and that was our plan - to be able to let them hit the slower ones on the longer side," Gill said.
Recapping the match, in the first inning, Mohit Sharma's three-wicket haul helped Gujarat restrict Hyderabd to 162/8. Surprisingly, the Hyderabad batters failed to put up a show in front of the Gujarat bowlers.
While chasing the 163-run target, Sai Sudharsan (45 runs from 36 balls) and David Miller (44 runs from 27 balls) carried the Gujarat Titans to clinch a 7-wicket win over Hyderabad on Sunday.
Following the win on Sunday, GT stands in fourth place in the IPL standings with four points.
