India batter Shubman Gill put on a show with the bat on his County Championship debut for Glamorgan against Worcestershire.

The right-hander might have missed his century by eight runs, but Gill provided a lot of joy to the cricket fans with his attractive strokeplay.

His 148-ball knock was studded with 8 fours and 1 six, ranging from multiple cover drives, on drives, straight drives, and the pull shot.

“It was a great experience for me to come here and play county cricket and spend some time in the middle so it was a good outing for me today,” Gill said after the third day’s play. “The conditions are different to back home, especially with the rain – you stop, you start again, you stop, you start again, which is challenging when you are in the zone. It is also part of the experience when you play in the UK.”

“They bowled some decent spells, hit some good areas. We should be able to give them a good competition in terms of saving the match. Our first target is to get over 250 and a batting bonus point, once we are over that then even if we follow on I think we could save the match.

“It is obviously disappointing to get out, it does not matter if it rains after that or not. And I was quite disappointed, especially to be out on 92, but I was pretty satisfied with my own performance because I wanted to spend some time out in the middle and I got that. Hopefully when I bat next for Glamorgan I will be familiar with the conditions.”

Shubman Gill was eventually dismissed by Ed Barnard on 92 as Glamorgan posted 241/8 on the board at stumps on Day 3, trailing Worcestershire in the first-innings by 178 runs.

(The Indian Express inputs)