IPL 2023: Scott Styris Believes Releasing Shubman Gill was KKR’s Biggest Blunder

Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill has been in sublime form in the IPL 2023. His scintillating century in the IPL 2023 Qualifier 2 helped Gujarat Titans to a stunning victory over Mumbai Indians and secured their spot in the IPL final for the second consecutive year as well. Meanwhile, Gill dominated the MI bowlers by smashing 129-run innings. However, his explosive knock featured seven boundaries and a stunning 10 sixes, helping the Titans to their highest-ever IPL total of 233 runs.

Gill has become the Titans’ key player since his tenure ended with Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the 2022 IPL auction. The rising cricketer was bought by GT for INR 8 crore. Meanwhile, former New Zealand cricketer Scott Styris believes that Gill’s release from KKR “will go down as the biggest blunder a franchise has made”. He also added that Shubman Gill would become the “backbone” of the Indian team.

“I still believe that his release from KKR will go down as the biggest blunder a franchise has made. The only other one was KL Rahul from RCB. However, there is age advantage here. Gill is still a very young man, he has got a lot of growth in his game,” Styris said on JioCinema. “He can not only be the star for this GT star, especially after the next World Cup, he will be the backbone of this Indian side. And I think he will embrace that.”

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Scott Styris also applauded Shubman Gill for converting his starts to big scores as well. The former cricketer further added that Gill looks like Virat Kohli’s younger version as he controls his game quite well.

“We have seen the evolution of Baby GOAT, from his KKR days to now in GT. He was getting starts, and out of nowhere, he would get out. But he is converting those. He has made the adjustments to his game. He has taken the responsibility, he is happy to be the mainstay of this batting line-up. And he is looking like Virat Kohli back in the day as well, in the sense that he is in total control of his game. He is not having to thrash the ball or go after the bowling. He just hits the bad ball,” Scott Styris concluded.