Flair. Shubman Gill has always attracted attention wherever he goes. Graduating from the Under-19 class of 2018 with Rahul Dravid as his mentor, the young gun had left his mark with his level-hardheadedness and his temperament in the IPL. Touted as a future star, there was a lot of talk about his international career, especially after Kohli had singled him out for effusive praise. Though Gill continued with his eccentricities in domestic games, chances at the grand stage were hard to come by – just three ODIs across two years hardly did justice to his talent.
His struggles against the new ball and initial movement were scrutinized and the fact that his Under-19 skipper Prithvi Shaw, with his oodles of talent and high scores, had managed to pip him in the pecking order meant that Gill had to wait out his turn. Ironically replacing an iffy Shaw in the Test XI, the Punjab player got his chance at Melbourne, the very next game after the Infamous Thirty Six.
It was not easy. With the…