Shubhman Gill: The Zimbabwe tour was very good for Team India's star batsman Shubman Gill. He was given the command of the team for this tour. Under the leadership of Gill, Team India won the five-match T20 series by a huge margin of 4-1.

Along with this, Shubman's personal performance was also very good. This 24-year-old player became the highest run-scorer for both teams during the India vs Zimbabwe series. However, in this sequence, the career of another young player got a break as soon as it started. Due to Shubman Gill, the 23-year-old explosive batsman did not get many opportunities. Let's know what is the name of that player.

This player did not get a chance because of Shubman Gill

Shubman Gill benefited a lot from being the captain on the Zimbabwe tour. This is the reason why despite having an explosive opener like Abhishek Sharma in the team, Gill opened the innings in the last three T20s on the Zimbabwe tour. While Abhishek had scored a brilliant century during the second T20.

This left-handed batsman faced just 47 balls and scored 100 runs. This included 7 fours and 8 sixes. However, ignoring this innings, the captain and team management made Abhishek bat at number-3 in the last three T20 matches. In the third T20, he was dismissed on a score of 10 runs and in the fourth T20 on a score of 14. He did not bat in the fourth match.

See the tweet here:

Ruturaj Gaikwad might be left out to make space for SKY. (News 18)

Shubman Gill with absolute trash t20i record is ahead of Rutu.
Abhishek Sharma, a newbie with a one season performance is ahead.

And the player performing consistently for last 4 seasons is to be left out. pic.twitter.com/Gzc9Rbbjdc

— Max Unwell (@thalaterritory) July 16, 2024

May be out of Team India on Sri Lanka tour

Seeing Abhishek Sharma's excellent performance in IPL 2024, the selectors gave him a chance to debut in the T20 series against Zimbabwe. In the first series, this Punjab batsman scored 124 runs in a total of 5 matches, which included a century. This could have increased further if this young man was given a chance to open in the last three matches.

However, due to the presence of Shubman Gill in the team, this opportunity was taken away from him. Now that Team India will play a three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka, Abhishek Sharma will hardly get a chance. It is worth noting that the team already has three openers in the form of Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rituraj Gaikwad.