Shubman Gill was seen enjoying a relaxing vacation in Greece ahead of the Duleep Trophy 2024 tournament in which he will leading the Team 'A' from next week. Published: August 26, 2024 9:15 AM IST By Edited by Team India opener Shubman Gill is enjoying a relaxed time in Europe before the grind for the upcoming season begins with the Duleep Trophy 2024 next week. Gill has been chosen to lead Team ‘A’ in the Duleep Trophy 2024 by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) selectors which features the likes of KL Rahul, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Mayank Agarwal, Tilak Varma and Shivam Dube.
But ahead of the tournament, Gill was seen chilling out in Greece and was ‘selectively social’ according to his Instagram post. Gill was looking dapper in a hat as he posed in luxury resort in Greece. The post soon went viral on social media and garnered over 1.
3 million ‘likes’ on Instagram. Check out Shubman Gill’s holiday pics in Greece..
. Duleep Trophy will not be the first time that Shubman Gill is leading side full of Indian cricket stars. Gill was the captain of the second-string Indian cricket team that toured Zimbabwe for five T20Is and he was also elevated as vice-captain of full-strength team against Sri Lanka.
Chief selector Ajit Agarkar explained the reasons for additional responsibility to Gill. “Shubman is the guy, we feel. He’s a three-format player, seems to show a lot more qualities over the last year or so that we hear from the dressing room.
Shubman has shown some decent leadership qualities, and we want to try him to get experience. There are no guarantees, but at this point that’s the thought,” Agarkar had said at a press conference recently. Gill averages a sensational 58.
2 from 47 ODI matches till date, having notched up 2,328 runs with 6 hundreds and 13 fifties to his name, including a best of 208. However, his Test match record leaves a lot to be desired, with a modest average of 35.52 while scoring 1,492 runs with 4 hundreds and 6 fifties to his name.
The 24-year-old will take the opportunity to fine-tune his long format game in the Duleep Trophy 2024 tournament before the Test series against Bangladesh, which gets underway on September 19. The home Test series will be preparation for biggest challenges ahead as he gets ready for return to Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024 at the end of the year. For breaking news and live news updates, like us on or follow us on and .
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