Shubman Gill Century: Shubman Gill scored a wonderful century in the third T20I between India and New Zealand. Gill became the first player to score a century in 3 formats for India.
Team India Players Century in All Formats: The third and final match of the three-match T20 series between India and New Zealand was held in Ahmedabad. In this decisive match, the Indian team recorded a wonderful victory by a margin of 168 runs. With this victory, the Indian team won the series by 2-1. Opener Shubman Gill played a key role in India’s victory. In this match, Gill played a stormy innings with 126 runs off 63 balls. His innings had a total of 12 fours and 7 sixes. Gill’s strike rate stood at 200 during this time. It is noteworthy that this is Gill’s first century in international T20. With this century, he joined the list of batsmen who have scored centuries for India in all three formats.
Recorded as the fifth batsman to score a century in 3 formats on behalf of India..
Shubman Gill became the fifth batsman to score centuries in three formats in Test, ODI and T20 International. Gill’s name is listed after Virat Kohli in this list. Former Indian team batsman Suresh Raina has achieved this feat for the first time. Raina scored his first century on behalf of Indian team in T20 International. After that, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli and recently Shubman scored centuries on behalf of India in all three formats.
This is the list of batsmen who have scored centuries on behalf of India in all three formats.
1. Suresh Raina
2. Rohit Sharma
3. KL Rahul
4. Virat Kohli
5. Subhaman Gill
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Gill played an innings of 126 runs against New Zealand. This is the biggest innings played by any player for India in T20 Internationals. Earlier this record was held by Virat Kohli who played an unbeaten innings of 122 runs against Afghanistan.
Gill’s international career
Gill has played a total of 13 Tests, 21 ODIs and 6 T20 Internationals in his international career so far. He scored 736 runs at an average of 32 in Tests. Apart from this he scored 1254 runs in ODIs at an average of 73.76. At the same time, he scored 202 runs with the bat at an average of 40.40 and a strike rate of 165.57 in T20 Internationals.
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