New Delhi .Indian team captain Shubman Gill is in the news these days for his batting in the Sher-e-Punjab T20 League. Gill, who played the first match of the season for Fazilka Falcons, caught the attention of the fans with his aggressive batting. A picture of him that surfaced after the match also quickly became the talk of the town, in which he was seen accepting a reward of Rs 5000 from Abhishek Sharma's father Rajkumar Sharma.
In the match played against Ludhiana Lions, Shubman Gill played a brilliant inning of 40 runs facing only 21 balls. During this, he hit attractive shots all around the field. Gill's innings included 7 brilliant fours and 1 skyscraper six. His batting gave strength to Fazilka Falcons in the beginning of the match.
After the match ended, Gill was given a special reward for his performance. Abhishek Sharma's father Rajkumar Sharma gave him Rs 5000 as a compliment for being the batsman who hit the most fours in the match. This amount was given by the tournament, but Gill got this reward from the hands of Abhishek Sharma's father. After this, the picture of both of them came out, which started going viral rapidly and started attracting the attention of the fans.
On the strength of Gill's fast start, Fazilka Falcons, batting first, scored 170 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Ludhiana Lions under the captaincy of Arshdeep Singh kept the match exciting till the last ball. However, the team could score only 169 runs and Fazilka Falcons won by 1 run in a very close match.
Ludhiana Lions bowler Karthik Chadha bowled brilliantly in the match. He took 4 wickets giving just 9 runs in his 4 over spell. The important wicket of Shubman Gill was also included in his four wickets. After Gill returned to the pavilion, Prasad Dutta played an inning of 36 runs and Jaiveer Bhinder played an important inning of 21 runs in helping Fazilka Falcons reach the score of 170 runs.
Chasing the target of 170 runs, Ludhiana Lions needed 19 runs to win in the last over. Madhav Pathania tried his best to keep the match exciting. He scored 37 runs in just 16 balls and kept the team's hopes alive even in the last over. Although he needed a six on the last ball, he could only hit a four.
After the last ball, Ludhiana Lions' score stopped at 169 runs and Fazilka Falcons won the match by 1 run. In this way, along with Shubman Gill's quick inning of 40 runs in 21 balls, the reward of Rs 5000 for hitting the most number of fours in the match also became a part of the discussion. Immediately after the match, the picture of Gill receiving the award from the hands of Rajkumar Sharma made this whole incident more discussed among the fans.