Shubman Gill: Double ton means a lot
Updated On: 20 January, 2023 09:46 AM IST | Hyderabad | R Kaushik
Opener Shubman Gill cherishes mammoth knock of 208 v NZ after failing to go big against Lanka
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India’s Shubman Gill en route his 208 against New Zealand in the first one-day International at Hyderabad on Wednesday. Pic/AFP
January has already been an extraordinary month for Shubman Gill. A poor start to 2023, with knocks of 7 and 5 in the first two Twenty20 Internationals against Sri Lanka, has been offset by a string of scores that have fetched him 461 runs in his last five knocks for India. The sequence reads 46, 70, 21, 116 and the monstrous 208 against New Zealand in the first one-day International on Wednesday, during which the 23-year-old became the youngest double-centurion in ODIs and the quickest Indian to 1,000 ODI runs, in just his 19th innings.
Gill’s exploits at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, when he also went from 182 to 200 with a hat-trick of sixes off Lockie Ferguson, have sent the cricketing world into raptures, with paeans to his artistry and elegance pouring in from all quarters. Of particular satisfaction to Gill was Yuvraj Singh’s tweet of appreciation. “Yuvi paa is my mentor, he is like my big brother. To make him and my father, who is my primary coach, proud is very satisfying,” the composed young man was to say later in the night, looking untouched by all the hype and attention.
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