Shubman Gill turns into fifth Indian to hit tons of in all 3 codecs after sensational innings at Ahmedabad

India vs New Zealand: Shubman Gill scored a sensational century within the third and last T20I match of the collection. This meant that Shubman now has centuries in all three codecs of the sport.

Ahmedabad,UPDATED: Feb 1, 2023 23:12 IST

Shubman Gill hit a sensational century towards New Zealand. (Courtesy: AP)

By India Today Web Desk: India’s Shubman Gill grew to become a part of an elite record on Wednesday, 1 February after scoring a sensational century towards New Zealand in India’s third T20I of the collection in Ahmedabad. Shubman Gill scored 126* – the best particular person rating by an Indian batter within the T20I format of the sport – surpassing Virat Kohli’s 122* towards Afghanistan, scored in 2022 within the Asia Cup.

Gill’s century put him within the uncommon record of all format centurions in Indian cricket, which until immediately simply had 4 names in it – Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina. Gill, now 23 years and 146 days outdated, is now the youngest Indian batter to T20I century and ODI double hundred.

The batter has put his foot ahead in 2023 and scored his ODI and T20I tons of, after scoring his Test century towards Bangladesh on December, 2022. Gill’s touted as the longer term chief of the Indian batting line-up, confirmed his capacity to attain fast runs with out enjoying extravagantly dangerous pictures. On the day, the Indian batter rescued the crew after a poor begin that noticed Ishan Kishan get out cheaply as soon as once more within the T20I collection.

Gill has scored runs within the final season internationally and has given an excellent account of himself in all three codecs of the sport. He needed to anticipate his ODI century for some time after getting stranded on 98* at Port of Spain in West Indies resulting from dangerous climate. Gill’s ODI hundred got here towards Sri Lanka, as soon as once more within the last match of the collection, the place he scored 116 off 97 balls.

The batter is anticipated to play towards Australia within the Border Gavaskar Trophy, the place India will play 4 Test matches for a spot within the last of the World Test Championship.

Edited By:

Kingshuk Kusari

Published On:

Feb 1, 2023