IPL 2024: Shubman Gill bemoans Delhi Capitals’ victory, ousted

Shubman Gill lamented the Gujarat Titans’ narrow defeat to the Delhi Capitals, which prevented them from making it to the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 playoffs.

After Hardik Pandya returned to the Mumbai Indians, the Gujarat Titans announced Gill as their new captain for the 17th season of the lucrative league. The Titans made it to the finals in 2023 and won the title in 2022 while the Baroda all-rounder was captain.

Shubman Gill was the IPL 2023’s top run scorer, however he was unable to continue in that role this season. The Gujarat-based team was eliminated after their most recent home game against the Kolkata Knight Riders washed out, and they are presently ranked eighth in the points standings. They will not be participating in the playoffs for the first time since they entered the competition in 2022.

Apart than that, I believe it basically comes down to a single match, every now and then. The game, which we lost to Delhi by a single run. That kind of encounter might go either way, but in the first few years, I believe a lot of our matchups of that nature ended up going our way. Ultimately, the difference between winning and losing is so little that it’s challenging to single out a specific instance or region. During the pre-match press conference, Gill stated, “I think we as a fielding unit let ourselves down in some of the key moments.”

Shubman Gill discusses the absence of Hardik Pandya.

Shubman Gill acknowledged that the Titans’ side was severely lacking in Hardik’s absence. But in a team sport like cricket, one player doesn’t do it all, according to the gifted youngster. Gill believed that successful teams are those who play well together.

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“A player of Hardik bhai’s calibre would negatively impact any team’s composition if he were to miss out. One player seldom does it all, though, which is the joy of team sports. The team must come together as a whole and work together continuously throughout time. Those are the winning teams. A collective game was played by some of the other successful teams throughout the previous 16 seasons. You wouldn’t see one, two, or three people altering the trajectory of a season—or, for that matter, of two, four, or sixteen seasons—he continued.

On Thursday, May 16, the Titans will play their final IPL 2024 match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium against Sunrisers Hyderabad.