Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill once again took to Instagram to make a savage comment against another IPL team.
GT defeated Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore in successive matches on April 26 and 30. The matches were in Chennai and Ahmedabad respectively.
Gill contributed with the bat in both games. Successive wins have taken Gujarat Titans to the No. 5 spot in the points table.
“Nandri Chennai” – Shubman Gill on Instagram
After GT defeated CSK in Chennai, Gill took to Instagram and posted a photo of himself holding a yellow whistle. Gill captioned the photo ‘Nandri Chennai’ (Thank you Chennai).
Yellow is the main color of CSK and “whistle podu” is the motto of CSK. In that match, CSK suffered a batting collapse when GT bowled well. Ruturaj Gaikwad batted through the innings to score a commendable unbeaten 74 and give the CSK players something to play for.
Gill scored 58 with Sai Sudharsan, who then scored 87 to lead GT to a commanding victory.
“Play Hold” – Shubman Gill fires a second shot
During the match against RCB, all-rounder Jason Holder proved to be the difference by putting up a Man of the Match performance.
After RCB got off to a bright start, Holder’s 2 wickets and 3 catches ensured a middle-order collapse from which RCB never recovered.
Arshad Khan’s 3 wickets, combined with Rashid Khan’s 2, meant RCB could only muster 155.
GT was never in real danger of losing the match chasing such a low goal. Shubman Gill started the proceedings with a 24-run lead against Josh Hazlewood and eventually top-scored with 43 runs off 18 balls.
Jos Buttler made 39 off 19, and GT’s infamous middle order closed out the low-scoring chase.
Jason Holder added 12 runs to his brilliance on the field to be named Player of the Match.
After the game, Gill posted a photo of himself with Holder with the caption “Play Hold @jaseholder98 Bold performance by the team tonight.”
Gill’s legend Play Hold was an obvious pun on Jason Holder’s name and ‘Play Bold’ was RCB’s motto.
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Shubman Gill performance at IPL 2026
With 373 runs in 8 matches, Gill is currently the fifth highest run-getter in IPL 2026 and the highest in his team. Gill also averages 47 with a strike rate of 155.
He has also scored 3 fifties, with a maximum score of 86 against.
GT’s next match
Shubman Gill and his troops will remain in Ahmedabad for their next match and will host the Punjab Kings there on May 3.
The two teams had opened their season against each other with PBKS prevailing. Arguably, Gujarat Titans will relish their chances after this two-match winning streak.
PBKS began the season by going undefeated for 7 games in a row, but that streak was broken in their last game. They will want to get a double season over the Titans.