The first match of Duleep Trophy 2024 is being played between India-A and India-B at M. Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium, Bengaluru. Indian young player Shubman Gill is captaining India-A. In the match, Shubman Gill is wearing a taped jersey, the pictures of which are going viral on social media. Let us tell you through this article why Shubman is wearing a taped jersey.

This is why Shubman Gill wore a taped jersey

It is being speculated that Shubman Gill did not have his jersey. That is why he wore a fellow player’s jersey, on which his number is written. Gill has put tape to hide the jersey number so that there is no confusion on the field.

Shubman Gill’s jersey number is 77, which is very special for him. Shubman wore jersey number 7 during the Under-19 World Cup. Later, he wanted to wear jersey number 7 in senior level cricket, but it was not available, so he chose number 77.

Shubhaman got out on 25 runs in the first innings

Shubman Gill could not play a big innings in the first innings for India-A. He was bowled by Navdeep Saini. Navdeep Saini then tightened the screws on the other opener Mayank Agarwal (36). India-A has lost 2 wickets at a score of 66.

India-B scored 321 runs in the first innings

India-A had a great start while bowling in the first innings in the match against India-B. India-B lost 7 wickets at a score of 94. However, the pair of Mushir Khan and Navdeep Saini brought the team back. India-B scored 321 runs in the first innings.

Mushir Khan played a brilliant innings of 181 runs, while Navdeep Saini scored 56 runs. Akash Deep took the maximum of 4 wickets in the first innings for India-A. Apart from this, Khalil Ahmed and Avesh Khan took 2-2 wickets each.