Did Shubman Gill take a subtle dig at Hardik Pandya with the “loyalty” remark in his latest interview uploaded by the Gujarat Titans after he was appointed their new skipper?
Earlier this week, the Gujarat Titans made two major announcements regarding their squad ahead of the IPL 2024 auction. First, Hardik Pandya was traded away to Mumbai Indians, his first IPL franchise. Second, Shubman Gill, aged 24, was appointed the new captain of the team.
Hardik has been getting a lot of criticism and trolling on social media for leaving Gujarat Titans, despite leading them to one IPL title and one runner-up position in two consecutive seasons, and going back to Mumbai Indians. It seems like Shubman Gill’s latest remarks about “commitment” and “loyalty” have only added more fuel to the fire.
In a video that GT uploaded on Wednesday, Gill said: “I mean, we all know captainship comes, uh, with a lot of things, and commitment is one of them. Discipline is one of them. Hard work is one of them. Loyalty is one of them.”
Fans picked up on this bit from his interview and this became a talking point today.
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Further in the video, Shubman Gill talked about his dreams, watching IPL as a kid and now leading a franchise.
“I think it’s gonna take, like, probably till the time we don’t play the first match. Uh, it’s not gonna, you know, quite sink in. It’s a great feeling. I mean, I was about seven or eight years old when you know IPL started happening. Obviously, it’s a dream for any kid who wants to be a cricketer and wants to play the IPL to be able to captain a team. Then to be able to be that kind of binding factor in this team, it feels amazing,” Gill said.
You can watch the video here:
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