IPL 2023: Gill maange more!
Updated On: 23 May, 2023 09:44 AM IST | Bangalore | R Kaushik
After Shubman’s match-winning unbeaten 52-ball 104 against RCB, Gujarat Titans leggie Rashid Khan reveals how his teammate is so hungry for runs
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Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill celebrates his splendid century against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Garden City on Sunday. Pic/PTI
By the time Shubman Gill deposited Wayne Parnell deep into the stands behind long-on to signal Gujarat Titans’s six-wicket victory, a third of the M Chinnaswamy Stadium had emptied out. Reading the obvious writing on the wall—the elimination from the Playoffs race of Royal Challengers Bangalore—several thousands that had braved a huge downpour exited before the denouement, their disappointment obvious as their wait for a maiden IPL title spilled over to another year.
Sunday night saw the coming to the party of two different generations of Indian cricket. If it was Virat Kohli who had fired the first salvo with a superb hundred in the first half to haul the hosts to a competitive 197 for five, then Gill had the last laugh, his exuberant unbeaten 104 carrying the defending champions home with five deliveries to spare. Before Sunday, only two batsmen— Shikhar Dhawan and Jos Buttler—had made hundreds in successive IPL innings. That number doubled in three and a half hours as the cricket lover had his heart’s fill, though the home fan had little to cheer as Bangalore’s exit confirmed Mumbai Indians’ place in the Eliminator against Lucknow Super Giants.
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