SHUBMAN GILL

Member of the 2018 U19 World Cup-winning Indian team, Shubman Gill, has been touted as one who can become a batting great if given enough opportunities. Gill has been getting picked up for the national side time and time again but hasn’t yet managed to cement his place in the T20I team.

There can’t be a better tournament than IPL 2020 to show his mettle to the world and get into the T20I squad for the upcoming ICC tournaments. The 21-year-old was moved up the order by KKR team management midway in IPL 2019 and even opened the innings with Chris Lynn.

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Gill has the ability to build an innings by picking the singles and doubles and that comes into play once the pitches in UAE start getting slower and there won’t be any flat tracks to build huge scores on.

Shubman Gill is pretty young for IPL numbers, but he has scored 499 runs in 24 innings with a healthy strike rate of 132.36. If he can maintain that over the time and can combine forces with the likes of Russell and Eoin Morgan, KKR would be the team to beat this season.