Duleep Trophy | Twitter stunned as Saini's inducking peach beats Gill all hands up to rattle off-stump

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Sometimes, batters have to just their hands up and acknowledge the brilliance of a bowler upon being outdone. Shubman Gill might have taken that saying a bit too literally though as he tried to innocuously let a Navdeep Saini ball on its way with little idea of what is to transpire.

India A headed into Tea on Day 2 of the Duleep Trophy opener at Chinnaswamy at 57/1 after India B put up 321 on the board on the back of a sensational 181 marathon innings from Musheer Khan. The opening pair of Shubman Gill and Mayank Agarwal felt relatively comfortable out in the middle on a green deck that seemed to have lost some significant spice through the length of the match and seemed destined to keep their half-century stand unbeaten through the second session but Navdeep Saini had other plans.

Saini, having scored his second first-class half-century in a 144-ball epic, was handed the ball by Abhimanyu Easwaran for the final over before Tea. By the time the finall ball rolled around, the right-arm quick had already been pummelled for two boundaries in the over and was up against a Gill looking in fine touch. Saini pitched the ball on good length well outside the stumps and Gill, sensing an opportunity to get through to the break safely, shouldered arms at the seemingly harmless effort. However, to his horror, the red cherry jagged back like a Muralitharan off-cutter, deviating one and a half degrees off the surface to crash into the middle of off-stump.

Gill could not believe his eyes as they bored down on the deck before the Indian veteran slowly walked off to the pavillion in front of an ecstatic Saini. Twitterati, meanwhile, presented a medley of the two emotions.

Whta a delivery!

— Gill Bill (@bill_gill76078)

Fantastic

What a ball from Navdeep Saini to dismiss Captain Shubhman Gill.⚡🔥
— cricket addict's (@cricket0addicts)

Not a talent

Shubhman gill is not the generational talent people thought he is.
— 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒉 (@harshvibesss)

Dismissed

Shubman Gill Dismissed For 25(43).

No flat track, No Party.
— abhay singh (@abhaysingh_13)

Gone

Shubman Gill departs for 25 after a beauty from Navdeep Saini that nips back in after hitting the deck !! 🔥
— cricadda (@cricadda7)

PR Gill

He's surely PR Gill Doesn't knows how to play!! And is promoting him in unnecessarily!
— Aman Kr🇮🇳🇮🇳 (@AmanKr782021303)

No party

No Ahmedabad, no flat track, no IPL bowlers, no party for Princess Shubman Gill

— 🜲 (@HereforVK18)

Gone

Gill gone ab achhi or choti nind le leta hu 😴
— '🕊️ (@Sushant00120)

Bowled

Shubman Gill bowled out by Navdeep Saini, once again exposing his shaky defense. If he doesn't work on that, surviving in the long format is going to be a real struggle for him!
— Vipin Tiwari (@Vipintiwari952)

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