Gurjapneet Singh credits net sessions with Gill and Kohli for Ranji success
Gurjapneet Singh says bowling to Gill and Kohli in nets helped him take 4 for 34 on his Ranji return for Tamil Nadu.
Gurjapneet Singh returned from India A duty the night before the match. No training on Saturday, yet the left-arm pacer still took 4 for 34 on day one against Uttarakhand at Chepauk.
He traced the swing and the angles to the hours he'd just spent bowling at Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli. The 27-year-old finished with career-best figures; Tamil Nadu rolled Uttarakhand for 134. Captain R Sai Kishore chipped in with 4 for 40. At stumps Tamil Nadu were 85 for 2.
CricHubb Take
Selectors often worry that fringe pacers lose their edge once the India setup moves on; Gurjapneet's spell suggests the opposite — a short burst against the best batters can leave a bowler sharper than weeks of domestic nets.