World Cup 2023: Keshav Maharaj bowls an absolute peach of a delivery to dismiss Shubman Gill
Posted - 2023-11-05T16:39:48+06:00
Updated - 2023-11-05T16:39:48+06:00
South Africa's Keshav Maharaj took Shubman Gill by surprise by bowling an absolute peach of delivery at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The left-arm orthodox spin bowler silenced the crowd by getting the prized wicket of Shubman Gill in the third ball of the 11th over of India's innings.
Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill. The duo added 62 runs for the opening wicket before Rohit Sharma fell prey to Kagiso Rabada's delivery in the penultimate ball of the sixth over.
In fact, Team India were off to a sensational start in the form of captainIndia posted 91 runs in the first powerplay before Keshav Maharaj was summoned back to the crease by the captain Temba Bavuma. Notably, he provided a breakthrough in his very first over by dismissing Shubman Gill with an absolute jaffa. Gill departed after scoring 23 (4 fours and a six).
Watch the video below:-
As you can see in the video, Keshav Maharaj pitched the ball on the middle-leg stump which turned square before hitting one of the bails from the off stump. Shubman Gill was taken aback by unplayable delivery in the first place. He ended up getting dismissed in the 11th over.
"We will bat first. Looks like a good pitch, it wasn't to do with the pitch, we wanted to challenge ourselves. It'll be a good game, two teams who have played consistent cricket and have topped the table, will be nice to win and go on top. I love to play over here, not just me, the entire team looks forward to play at this historic ground. We're playing the same team, don't think we need to change anything with the way we've been playing," Indian captain Rohit Sharma said after winning the toss.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi