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Shubman Gill Breaks Big Record: India’s young opener Shubman Gill continues to showcase his batting skills in the ODI format. This young batsman played a blistering inning against New Zealand in Hyderabad. Gill not only handled the Indian innings but also registered his name in the record books by playing a stormy inning. Gill has completed 1000 runs in just their 19th ODI innings. Gill has now jointly become the second batsman in the world to score a thousand runs in the shortest innings.
Shubman Gill hit a double century
Shubman Gill hit a double century in the first ODI against New Zealand in Hyderabad. This young batsman completed his double century in 145 balls. The special thing is that Shubman Gill is the fifth Indian player to score a double century in ODIs. Before this, Rohit Sharma scored three double-centuries. First, this feat was done by Sachin Tendulkar. After this, Sehwag and Ishaan Kishan also scored double centuries.
Shubman Gill becomes India’s new ‘run machine’
While making this big record, Gill also broke the record of Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan, who took 24 innings to reach this milestone. Gill started the match at 106 runs short of the 1000-run mark and scored a brilliant century to create history.
Overall in this list, Gill is joint second fastest in ODI cricket with Imam-ul-Haq of Pakistan. Fakhar Zaman is at the top of the table after achieving this feat in 18 innings.
Fastest 1000 runs (One Day International):
Fakhar Zaman (Pakistan) – 18 innings –
Shubman Gill (India) – 19 innings –
Imam- ul-Haq (Pakistan) – 19 innings –
Vivian Richards (West Indies) – 21 innings –
Kevin Pietersen (England/ICC) – 21 innings –
Jonathan Trott (England) – 21 Innings –
Quinton Dickock (South Africa) – 21 Innings –
Babar Azam (Pakistan) – 21 Innings –
Rassie van der Dussen (South Africa) – 21 Innings
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Fastest to 1000 ODI runs by an Indian
19 – Shubman Gill
24 – Virat Kohli/Shikhar Dhawan
25 – Navjot Singh Sindhu/Shreyas Iyer
Let us tell you that it was a back-to-back century for Gill. Earlier, he had laid the foundation for a big win with Kohli by scoring 114 against Sri Lanka in the third ODI. The 23-year-old once again played a brilliant inning and thrashed the Blackcap bowlers fiercely.
