3 in the ICC rankings. Batting first, the Falcons scored 191/6 in 20 overs. Gill was the top scorer with a 35-ball 67, hitting eight fours and three sixes.
Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma grew up together, received their initiation into cricket together and emerged as superstars in world cricket together. Abhishek Sharma is currently No While Shubman Gill is currently India’s Test and ODI captain. They have played together for Punjab and have been part of the same India squads. In a Sher-E-Punjab T20 League match in Mohali, Shubman Gill represented Fazilka Falcons, while Abhishek Sharma was playing for Amritsar Soormas.
On Monday, however, they were rivals on opposite sides.
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Playing his first match of the season for the Falcons, India’s Test and ODI captain provided a flying start to the innings, but they could manage only 170/9 in their 20 overs. In reply, the Lions were restricted to 169/9 after 20 overs.
Later, Abhishek scored a 15-ball 49 (6x4s, 4x6s) to give his team a flying start in the chase. Recently, Shubman Gill smashed seven fours and a six in his 21-ball 40 as his team, Fazilka Falcons, pipped the Arshdeep Singh-led Ludhiana Lions by a solitary run in their Sher-E-Punjab T20 League match. With 19 runs required from the last six balls, the game went down to the wire.
For his explosive contribution at the top of the order and the impact of his much-awaited first appearance of the season, Gill was named Player of the Match.
