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"Gill's Tribute To Nair" Shubman Gill Slammed After Brainfade Moment Costs India

Arnav Chopra

Shubman Gill (Source: X.com)Shubman Gill (Source: X.com)

After a solid start, India lost their openers, but more so, the wicket of Skipper Shubman Gill hurt. Gill, while trying to leave the ball, failed to judge it perfectly, as it struck his pads, and was given LBW.

Shubman Gill was taken To Cleaners By Fans For A Brain-Fade Moment

India had the perfect start on the opening session of the first day of the fourth Test at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester. The opening partnership between KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal lasted 94 runs before the former departed for 46. However, soon after, Jaiswal, who scored 58, was sent back to the pavilion by Liam Dawson.

However, the major turning point came when skipper Shubman Gill, batting on 12, left a ball that moved in from his opposition number Ben Stokes, as the ball crashed onto his pads and went through to the keeper. After this, all the English players appealed, and the umpire straight away gave LBW.

To make matters worse, Gill went upstairs, only to be denied as three reds were on the screen, considering he left the ball, which meant that impact did not matter. Gill departed after playing 23 deliveries with 12 runs. While going back, he was given a strong send-off by opposition skipper and bowler Stokes. With Gill's departure, India had now lost their third wicket for 140 runs, after being 94 for no loss.

Following this, social media went berserk as Gill was being trolled for a painful brain-fade moment on the field, as his misjudgment cost India big time.

"What was Shubman Gill doing there? Proper brainfade moment and then to top it off, takes a review with him too. Oh dear..." - @ShayneDias_

"Hold up he might be actually cooking 😭 gill generational troll loading..." - @cricaddict2004

Fans Tweet (Source: @ShayneDias_/, @cricaddict2004X.com)Fans Tweet (Source: @ShayneDias_/, @cricaddict2004X.com)

"No man, it was Gill’s tribute to Nair." - @ilovemithunda

"Shubham gill be like - 3 match ke run me pehle do match me hi bana diye the ab mujse koi umid kat karna" - @Maths_bala89

"NO FLAT PITCH. NO PARTY FOR PRINCE SHUBHAMN GILL" - @Vikrant_1589

Fans Tweet (Source: @ilovemithunda, @Maths_bala89, @Vikrant_1589/X.com)Fans Tweet (Source: @ilovemithunda, @Maths_bala89, @Vikrant_1589/X.com)

"Shubhman Gill's runs before this incident - 591. Shubhman Gill's runs after this incident - 28" - @venkymama100

"Shubman Gill bro aaj to yashasvi jaiswal Or kl rahul ne ball bhi old kardi thi." - @jaiswal_00

"OG Shubman Gill is back 🥶"- @1120_insane

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By the time of writing, India had 155 runs on the board, with three wickets down as Rishabh Pant and Sai Sudharsan were battling it out in the centre after 54 overs.