 "Shubman Gill celebrates after a scoring a century in the third ODI against England. Image: Reuters")
Shubman Gill reaffirmed his dominance at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium with yet another breathtaking knock, scoring a sublime century in the third ODI against England on Wednesday. The young Indian batter reached the milestone in just 95 balls, marking his seventh ODI hundred and further cementing his reputation as one of the most consistent batters in the format.
Gill was in fine touch from the start, seamlessly rotating the strike and dispatching loose deliveries to the boundary. Gill forged two hundred-run partnerships in the middle, one with Virat Kohli after the dismissal of Rohit Sharma and another with Shreyas Iyer. He moved into the 90s with ease but got slower as he inched closer to the milestone.
Gill eventually reached his hundred in style in the 32nd over, bringing up the milestone with a boundary off Liam Livingstone’s bowling. His knock was made up of 14 fours and 3 sixes. He was dismissed by Adil Rashid for 112 off 102 balls in the 35th over.
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Gill’s special bond with the Narendra Modi Stadium
This isn’t the first time Gill has made the Ahmedabad crowd erupt with joy. The venue has been a happy hunting ground for him across formats. His best T20I score of 126 not out against New Zealand came at the same venue in 2023. Gill has also performed well in the IPL as he scored 572 runs at Ahmedabad in IPL 2023 including 2 centuries and 3 fifties.
Here is the list of records that Shubman Gill broke in the 3rd ODI against England:
Batters with fastest to 2500 ODI runs
50 innings – Shubman Gill
51 innings – Hashim Amla
52 innings – Imam-ul-Haq
56 innings – Vivian Richards, Jonathan Trott
Batters with the most runs after 50 ODI innings
2587 Shubman Gill
2486 Hashim Amla
2386 Imam-ul-Haq
2262 Fakhar Zaman
2247 Shai Hope
Batters with a century at a single venue in all three formats
Faf du Plessis - Wanderers, Johannesburg
David Warner - Adelaide Oval
Babar Azam - National Stadium, Karachi
Quinton de Kock - Supersport Park, Centurion
Shubman Gill - Motera, Ahmedabad