Feels good when the captain backs you - Shubman Gill

Ahead of the first ODI against Sri Lanka, India captain Rohit Sharma had shown unflinching support for Shubman Gill by announcing that he will play over Ishan Kishan, who had scored a double hundred in the previous game. Rohit explained that he wanted to give Gill "a fair run" in the ODIs, the format which saw the best of the India opener in 2022.

Gill, who is averaging almost 60 in his short ODI career, repaid the faith shown in by the Indian think-tank with a fine 70 in the