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The most important goal for me as a player right now is to win World Cup 2023 – Shubman Gill

Indian opener Shubman Gill has set his eye on the biggest price – the ODI World Cup 2023. Gill revealed the most important goal for him as a player is to win the ODI showpiece. The youngster is going to hold the key for India as he will look to provide a solid start to the team along with skipper Rohit Sharma.

Gill gave a glimpse of what he can do while opening the innings against Pakistan in the Super Fours stage match at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Sunday. In fact, Gill had crawled to 10 runs off 32 balls in the group stage match against the arch-rivals however he was in a different zone on Sunday.

The youngster raced to his fifty off just 37 balls and scored 58 runs off 52 balls with the help of 10 boundaries. Gill took the attack against Shaheen Shah Afridi but also had the rub of the green on his side as Iftikhar Ahmed didn’t go for an easy catch in the slips.

“The most important goal for me as a player right now is to win World Cup 2023. I recall being young when India won the World Cup in 2011. The mindset is to swiftly read the wicket and access the positions,” said Gill on Star Sports.

“As a batsman, it is critical to quickly access to the position and understand the speed. So the planning and play are all based on that. Mindset plays an important role as one has to switch mentally, like from an ODI mentality to a T20 one. The faster you switch, the faster your body adapts; thus, I believe being able to mentally switch is important,” said Gill.

On the other hand, former Indian opener Aakash Chopra lauded Shubman Gill, stating he looked like a million dollars.

Chopra said on his YouTube Channel, “The sort of form Shubman Gill was in, he looked almost like a million dollars. He batted extremely well but luck was also in his favor.”

Gill has scored 1572 runs in 30 ODI matches at an average of 62.88

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