Gujarat Titans (GT) star opener Shubman Gill continued his dream run in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 as he went on to register his third ton in the season in Qualifier 2 against Mumbai Indians (MI). The right-handed batter scored a breathtaking 129 off 60 deliveries aft꧙er Gujarat were 💎asked to bat first in the contest.
Notably, Gill smashed seven fours and ten sixes during his century knock, and his strokeplay was a treat to watch. Courtesy of his exploit, the right-handed batter surpassed Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Faf du Plessis in the leading run scorer’s race of IPL 2023 as well.
It is also worth mentioning that Gill’s sensational inning powered GT to a mammoth total of 233/5 in their allotted 20 overs in a knockout game against MI. Gill got impressive support from Sai Sudharsan, who contrib𝔉uted valuable 43 runs to the team total.
With the century against MI, Gill has now become the third-highest run-getter in a single IPL season after Virat Kohli and Jos Buttler. Meanwhile, he also broke the record for the highest individual score in the Playoffs of IPL, which was to Virender Sehwag‘s name.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
𝙂𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙩! 👏👏
Stand and appla﷽ud the Shubman Gill ♛SHOW 🫡🫡 | | |
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
Ahmedabad to be categorised as Gill station.
— Sagar (@sagarcasm)
.'s 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐄:
✔️Youngest to score a century in IPL Playoffs
✔️Highest score in Playoffs (129)
✔️Joint-fastest hundred in Playoffs (49 balls)
✔️2nd batter in T20 history to score 3 centuries in 4 consecutive innings
✔️Most runs in 4…— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans)
SHUBMAN GILL! Wow. I don’t really have words.
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17)
Class 🙏🏻👏
— Yuzvendra Chahal (@yuzi_chahal)
Top knock, 👏
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
The King ♋of Narendra Modi Stadium. Third ton for Shubm🌱an Gill in IPL 2023.
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
🍌Another great innings by the new prince of Indian cricket !! 👏 GT𝔉vsmi
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12)
Phenomenal inning this 🔥🔥
— Mayank Agarwal (@mayankcricket)
Cometh the hour come꧃th the ShubMAN! What a knock, well played 👌🏽👏🏽
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Made in Punjab! 😍
Take a bow, 👏
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
. takes a 'century' step towards glory – He’s definitely the superstar 🙌🏻⚡️
— Jhulan Goswami (@JhulanG10)
थर्स्ट for hundreds 💯💯💯
Shubman Gill, take a bow 👑
— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL)
Shubman Gill laid the foundation for Gujarat Titans, now it's time for Mumbai Indians to unleash their batting storm! 💙⚡ .
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit)
