Indian captain Shubman Gill once again proved his mettle in the ODI format. He scored a brilliant century in the first ODI match against West Indies. This right-handed batsman played an inning of 110 runs. He along with Virat Kohli made India win the match easily by adding 151 runs in 132 balls. Shubman Gill is being praised a lot after India’s victory. This player is proving himself as a batsman and captain. However, despite doing all this, he is unlucky, feels former cricketer R Ashwin.
Why is Shubhman Gill unlucky?
Shubhman Gill Regarding this, R Ashwin believes that this player is unlucky. That is because Shubman is very good in ODI cricket but this format is now continuously dying out. ODI matches are now happening less than before and Ashwin feels that this will cause a setback to Shubman Gill getting closer to Virat. Ashwin also praised Gill’s shot selection. He said that Gill is the only batsman who seems close to Virat.
Shubman Gill fans this gift is true
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Shubman Gill made this record
Shubman Gill has scored 10 centuries in ODI format. He is the number 1 Indian player in terms of scoring the fastest 10 ODI centuries. He is at number three at the world level. Gill has scored 10 centuries in 67 ODI innings, Hashim Amla took 57 and De Kock 55 innings to achieve this feat.
Gill’s amazing performance in ODI
Shubhman Gill has played only 68 ODI matches and has scored 3489 runs. His batting average is 60.16. This player has scored 10 centuries and 20 half-centuries and his ODI strike rate is also around 101. It is clear that Gill is looking amazing in this format, now it remains to be seen what wonders he does in the future.