India vs England: Shubman Gill achieved a exceptional milestone by scoring a century within the third ODI in opposition to England on the Narendra Modi Stadium.
Shubman Gill set a powerful world report through the third ODI between India and England on the Narendra Modi Stadium on Wednesday, February 12. He maintained his excellent kind within the collection by scoring his third consecutive 50+ rating.
After England gained the toss and selected to bowl first, Gill made positive India began sturdy regardless of Rohit Sharma’s early exit. He partnered with Virat Kohli to place collectively a 116-run stand in simply 87 balls, with each gamers reaching half-centuries and laying a strong basis for an enormous complete.
In the course of his innings, Gill crossed the 2500-run mark in ODIs, breaking Hashim Amla’s report for the quickest participant to attain this milestone. He is the first participant ever to achieve this landmark in fewer than 50 innings.
Among Indian gamers, Gill surpassed Shreyas Iyer’s earlier report of 59 innings for the quickest to achieve 2500 runs. Following Gill and Iyer are Shikhar Dhawan (60), KL Rahul (63), Virat Kohli (64), and Navjot Singh Sidhu (64) on the listing of quickest Indian batters to attain this milestone.
Gill was finally dismissed for a well-crafted 112 off 102 balls after Adil Rashid outsmarted him with a googly that slipped underneath his bat to hit the leg-stump. By that time, he had already helped India put up a powerful complete of 226/3 within the first innings.
This marked Gill’s third consecutive 50+ rating in ODIs, following his half-centuries within the first and second matches.
This is the second time Gill has demonstrated such spectacular consistency proper earlier than an ICC event. He had an analogous run earlier than the 2023 World Cup, however his momentum was interrupted when he contracted dengue and needed to miss a number of matches. Nevertheless, he completed 2023 with 5 ODI a whole lot.
India is worked up to see him in high kind only one week forward of the 2025 Champions Trophy, which kicks off subsequent Wednesday (February 19) in Pakistan. India’s marketing campaign will start the next day in opposition to Bangladesh in Dubai.
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