Gujarat Titans batter and Orange Cap holder of the recently-concluded IPL, Shubman Gill feels he is going in the right direction with the amount of hard work he has been putting in. Gill ended the IPL campaign with 890 runs in 17 matches with an average of 59.33 and a strike rate of 157.80. He has defined the meaning of consistency throughout the season. The 23-year-old has struck three centuries with the bat and four half-centuries. His hard work and consistency were rewarded as he won the Most Valuable Player of IPL 2023.

He looked in form against Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2023 final on Monday. Gill struck 39 (20 balls) with the bat, before losing his wicket to Ravindra Jadeja. At a point in time, it seemed as if he was going to score yet another century with the technique that he has adopted this season.

Gill said after the match, "My hard work is going in the right direction. We could not win the final, but it was one hell of a game. It is very important to start well and I started well, I was getting 40s and 50s and at the end of the tournament, I converted them into big ones. (On his six-hitting) I practiced a lot, changed my technique for the death, and it has been good. All the hundreds were quite different, The century against the SRH was controlled while the ton against MI showed I was aware of the bowlers and my selection of hitting them was right. I picked the right bowlers, and controlled the situation well,"