The magic of Shubman Gill is going on well in IPL 2023. On Friday, in Qualifier 2 against Mumbai Indians, he went on a rampage and scored his third century of the current season. Along with this, Gill has also won the Orange Cap. He has more than 800 runs in IPL 2023. He is the second Indian player to score more than 800 runs in a season.
joins the 800 club
In his first year in 2016, Virat Kohli did this feat. Kohli scored 973 runs in 16 matches while Gill has 851 runs in 16 matches. Gill hit 7 fours and 10 sixes during his stormy innings. He got out after scoring 129 runs in 60 balls. He scored a century in only 49 balls during this period.
During the century, he completed the first 50 runs in 32 balls and the second 50 runs in just 17 balls and thus opened the wrist of the bowlers. 129 is his highest score in T20 cricket.
Also, this is the highest individual score ever made in the playoffs of IPL. Prior to this, in 2014, playing for Kings XI Punjab, Virender Sehwag scored 122 runs against Chennai Super Kings.
Have scored a double century in ODIs as well
It is worth noting that in January this year, Gill scored a double century against New Zealand in the ODI match played in Hyderabad. In this match, he scored 208 runs in 149 balls.
The way he is batting, fans on social media are calling him the successor of Virat Kohli. Significantly, Gill is only 23 years old. He has a whole career ahead of him. In that sense, it will be interesting to see how big a batsman he becomes in the future.
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