Sara Ali Khan trends as Shubman Gill makes his T20I debut; Shivam Mavi becomes 100th T20I player for India - Check

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India opening batsman Shubman Gill and pacer Shivam Mavi are set to make their international debut in the first T20I of the three-match series against Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on Tuesday. Hardik Pandya-led Team India are set to bat first in the first game after losing the toss. Mavi became the 100th player to play for Team India in the shortest format of the game while Gill became the 101st. As the news of Gill's debut broke, Sara Ali Khan, Shubman's rumoured girlfriend started trending on Twitter.

Here's how Twitter reacted to Gill and Mavi's debut -

Sara Ali Khan gave batting tips to Shubman Gill at Jaipur airport. Hope it works_#INDvSL #ShubmanGill #SaraAliKhan pic.twitter.com/QfXOuJhaJw

— Virat Kohli Worldwide (@MamunTweets) January 3, 2023

Congregations #Shubmangill and #shivammavi
Debut team India __ pic.twitter.com/xkcKdZ02OR — ______ ________ (@rajpalydv10) January 3, 2023

Two Stars Of the 2018 U-19 World Cup!#Cricket #INDvSL #IndianCricket #TeamIndia #ShubmanGill #ShivamMavi #HardikPandya pic.twitter.com/SE7xUr7AfO — Jega8 (@imBK08) January 3, 2023

@ShivamMavi23 100th India T20I player and @ShubmanGill 101st India T20I player - famous 2018 U-19 batch. Many Congratulations to both..#BCCI #INDvSL #Shubmangill #shivammavi #T20 #SanjuSamson pic.twitter.com/gjMRzyO4CP

— Rudranath Thakur (@Rudranath98) January 3, 2023

Debutants __ All the best boys ___#INDvsSRILANKA #INDvsSL #Shubmangill #shivammavi pic.twitter.com/J0CgsojjU5 — Shivam Dubey (@ShivamDubey45) January 3, 2023

Congratulations _ bhai ___

Go well Shubman ___#Shubmangill #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/8UMZkXwQlr — SHUBMAN __ (@Shubman_X77) January 3, 2023

Maiden T20 cap for shubman & mavi. What a proud moment for them. @KKRiders fans also feel proud for your achievement . Go well boys _#TeamIndia #Shubmangill #BCCI #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/cKHNgl7luW — Shayan Roy _ (@shayanrayy) January 3, 2023

#shivammavi #Shubmangill #CricketTwitter
_@BCCI pic.twitter.com/rxBQCT4y79 — Rajat Gupta (@Rajatgupta199) January 3, 2023

My Boy @ShubmanGill Wishing Speedy Recovery To @RishabhPant17 ___#Shubmangill #RishabhPant pic.twitter.com/Q2SrOu41Ww — _____ (@BeingManas5) January 3, 2023

Playing XI for IND vs SL 1st T20I

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dilshan Madushanka

India (Playing XI): Ishan Kishan(w), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya(c), Deepak Hooda, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Shivam Mavi, Umran Malik, Yuzvendra Chahal

Both team captains at toss

Hardik: Excited. Always been excited to play for the country, but obviously leading now makes it more special. Excited to see how this new bunch of guys express themselves. We were going to bat first. Yes this is a chasing ground but we want to put ourselves in more difficult situations generally in bilaterals. Anyone who comes here we will make sure we'll give them the confidence. Two debutants today - Gill and Mavi. Arshdeep was not available.

Shanaka: Going to bowl first. Dew factor will be there later. We were doing well in T20Is except the World Cup. We are following the routines. Got the same batting line-up we had previously. Bowlers will be changed.