'He destroys my pre-match routine': Shubman Gill takes a hilarious dig on Ishan Kishan

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shared a video of Shubman Gill’s conversation with Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan after India defeated New Zealand by 12 runs in ODI series opener. Sharma and Kishan welcomed 23-year-old into double-century club in ODIs and asked opener to share his views about kck. Going ahead in video, Kishan questioned Shubman about his pre-match ritual and received a hilarious reply.

As per video shared by BCCI, Shubman answered, “He (Kishan) spoils my entire pre-match routine as he doesn't let me sleep. He doesn't use earphones on his iPad and watches movie in full volume. I tell him to eir turn down volume of use earphones but he says, ‘You are sleeping in my room and rules will be placed according to him’. I fight with him daily. This is my pre-match”.

Rohit Sharma speaks about camaraderie between Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan

On listening to opener, Ishan replied, “I think it is because you slept in my room, you scored my runs.” At same time, skipper Rohit Sharma added, “Just to let you kw guys. se two are real buddies. y've been playing cricket toger since s. y go back a long way. y've got great camaraderie.”

 Shubman Gill became youngest cricketer to score a double century in men’s ODIs with his kck. At of 23 years and 132 days, Shubman surpassed Ishan Kishan in record books, who was 24 years and 145 days old on December 10. Shubman became fifth Indian batter after Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, and Ishan Kishan to achieve feat of registering a double century in 50-over format.

Ishan earlier scored his maiden ODI double-century during 3rd ODI against Bangladesh in December 2022. He hit 210 runs off 131 balls against Bangladesh in 3rd ODI on December 10 in his final international appearance of 2022. He was n left out of playing XI for three-ODI series against Sri Lanka, which became a major taking point for cricket community.