Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen made a bold claim regarding young Indian opener Shubman Gill after the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) opener played a match-winning knock to guide his side to a 7-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Saturday (September 26) in the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL).
Pietersen was so impressed with Gill’s mature knock on the chase that he claimed that the 21-year-old should be named the KKR skipper.
KP took to Twitter and wrote,”He should be the captain of KKR – @RealShubmanGill.”
He should be the captain of KKR – @RealShubmanGill.
— Kevin Pietersen (@KP24) September 26, 2020
In chase of a target score of 143, KKR got off to a poor start and lost Sunil Narine for a duck. Star allrounder Rashid Khan immediately struck right after and dismissed KKR skipper Dinesh Karthik for a duck as well. However, Shubman Gill and…