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Shubman Gill IND vs NZ: Records in cricket are made only to be broken. In December last year, left-handed batsman Ishaan Kishan scored a century against Bangladesh and became the youngest (24 years) batsman to score a double century in ODI cricket. It was expected that this record of Kishan would remain for a long time because it is not easy to score a double century in ODIs. But it is said that cricket is a game of uncertainties, Just 39 days after Ishaan Kishan’s record double century, his record has been broken by Shubman Gill.
Shubman Gill dominated by scoring a double century
In the first match of the three ODI series being played in Hyderabad against New Zealand, 23-year-old Gill has become the youngest player to score a double century in just 145 balls. Gill played a blistering inning of 208 runs in 149 balls in just 19 fours and 9 brilliant sixes. This was Gill’s second consecutive and third ODI century.
Gill’s Records
Shubman Gill has made many big records in ODI cricket with his innings of 208 runs. Gill became the youngest batsman to score a double century in ODI cricket by completing 1000 runs in his 19th ODI innings, equaling former Pakistani captain Inzamam-ul-Haq’s record of 1000 runs in 19 matches. Now he is in second place with Inzamam in terms of making the fastest 1000 runs in ODIs. In first place is Fakhar Zaman of Pakistan. Gill has become the fastest batsman to score 1000 runs from India in ODI cricket. In this case, he stepped ahead of Shikhar Dhawan and former captain Virat Kohli (both completed 1000 runs in 24 matches).
Let us tell you that against New Zealand, he became the batsman who played the biggest innings in ODIs for India. Earlier, Sachin Tendulkar had scored an inning of 186 runs in 1999.
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India’s fifth and overall eighth batsman
Shubman Gill is India’s fifth and overall eighth batsman to score a double century in ODIs. Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma (3 times) and Ishaan Kishan have done this for India before Gill. At the same time, Chris Gayle of the West Indies, Martin Guptill of New Zealand, and Fakhar Zaman of Pakistan have also scored double centuries in ODIs.
Gill’s career
Shubman Gill is considered the next big name of Indian cricket. This player, who started his international career in 2019, has so far scored 1102 runs in 19 ODIs with 3 centuries, 736 runs in 13 Tests with 1 century, and 46 runs in 3 T20 matches.
