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Shubman Gill not just scored his maiden Indian Premier League century on Monday, but he also achieved the unique feat of scoring a hundred in the IPL as well as every international format of the game in the same calendar year.
Gill scored 101 off just 58 balls for Gujarat Titans in their home game against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The knock helped Gujarat win the game by 34 runs and it booked the defending champions a spot in the playoffs, while knocking Sunrisers Hyderabad out of the race.
Gill started his year by adding himself to a prestigious list of a few who have scored double a hundred in an ODI. Against New Zealand, he scored 208 off 149 balls in Hyderabad.
Gill scored 101 off just 58 balls for Gujarat Titans in their home game against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The knock helped Gujarat win the game by 34 runs and it booked the defending champions a spot in the playoffs, while knocking Sunrisers Hyderabad out of the race.
Gill started his year by adding himself to a prestigious list of a few who have scored double a hundred in an ODI. Against New Zealand, he scored 208 off 149 balls in Hyderabad.
Playing in his favourite ground at Ahmedabad, Gill scored his maiden T20I century against New Zealand. He scored 126 not out off 99 balls.
The GT batter, who hails from Chandigarh, scored his first Test century on home soil in Ahmedabad itself, against Australia in the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy earlier this year. He scored 128 runs in that innings.
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In the ongoing IPL, he has scored 576 runs so far at an average of 48.00 and a strike rate of 146.19, including four fifties and one hundred in 13 matches, to be ranked second on the list of top scorers — behind RCB captain Faf du Plessis.
(With agency inputs)
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