Gujarat Titans and Team Indian opener Shubman Gill grew to become the primary to finish an distinctive quadruple of centuries with tons in all codecs of the sport other than the Indian Premier League (IPL). Gill, who scored his maiden century in IPL 2023 match in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday, additionally scored tons in Tests, ODIs and T20s this season. Three of those centuries in T20I, Test and IPL, have come on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Gill en route his century, reached his 50 off simply 22 balls however and not using a single six within the half-century. It was the quickest fifty by a batter with out hitting a six, breaking the document of Sachin Tendulkar of Mumbai Indians – who achieved this feat in opposition to Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) in IPL 2010.
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Gill and Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar additionally grew to become the primary opposing pair to finish a century in addition to five-wicket haul in the identical innings within the IPL. The feat has occurred solely twice earlier than in T20 cricket – Karun Nair (111) for Karnataka and V Athisayaraj Davidson (5 for 30) for Tamil Nadu within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in 2017-18 and Saber Zakhil (100 not out) for Belgium and Aqib Iqbal (5 for five) for Austria in a T20I in 2021.
“My IPL debut was against SRH, now I’ve my IPL hundred against them. I am quite pleased. It’s come a full circle. Hopefully I’ll get more hundreds this season,” Gill stated on the post-match presentation ceremony.
Gill ended up with 101 off 58 balls as defending champions Gujarat Titans posted 188 for 9 after batting first. “I’m not the kind of person who dwells too much about my last innings. The focus is on what’s need at the moment. The most satisfying moment was to hit Abhishek for a six because he is my childhood friend,” he added.
In reply, SRH had been diminished to 59 for 7 by Mohammad Shami, who claimed 4/21, and Mohit Sharma, who additionally picked up 4-wicket haul. However, they managed to succeed in 154 for 9 of their allotted because of 44-ball 64 by Heinrich Klaasen.
GT’s 34-run win over SRH was sufficient for them to guide their Playoffs berth within the IPL 2023 whereas SRH have change into the second workforce after the Delhi Capitals to bow out of the Playoffs race.
