IND vs SL | Twitter reacts as Virat Kohli can't believe Shubman Gill's luck after youngster's miraculous escape

Indian batters were dominant against the Sri Lankan bowling attack in the first ODI at Baraspara Stadium,꧑ Guwahati. Both openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill scored the fifties and stitched together a 143-runജ partnership before the latter departed. However, apart from their batting, Virat Kohli’s expressive nature was also on display as he provided one of the talking points of the game when Shubman Gill survived a close LBW call. 

Dunith Wellalage was bowling the 17th over of the innings and he delivered a flat deli💟very outside off to Shubman Gill on the penultimate ball of the over. The opener put his foot forward to defend the delivery but missed the line of the ball. ⭕Even though the umpire nodded his head in rejection, the Sri Lankans opted for a DRS review and it looked like a close call from the replays. 

The delivery was pitching outside off and also hitting the stumps accor✅ding to hawk-eye. However, the impact was slightly outside the line, leading to tit went ti the umpire’s call and the batter survived the dismissal. Virat Kohli who was come next to the crease had padded up in the dugout anticipating that the batter might be dismissed. However, after seeing from replays that Gill has survived due to the umpire’♍s call, there was disbelief on his face. 

Twitterati also noticed Virat Kohli’s expression and ✃expressed their sentiments on the🎀 social media platform. 

Shocker for everyone

Almost on field

That reaction!

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