Shubman Gill is only the third batsman in the world to score centuries in all three formats for his national team in the same calendar year and also scored a century in IPL. David Warner and Mahela Jayawardene have done this before him.
Indian team opener Shubman Gill has ended the drought of his centuries in IPL as well. He played a brilliant inning of 101 runs in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. This is his first century in IPL. He is also the first batsman to score a century for Gujarat Titans. With this century, he has made a place in the exclusive club of veterans.
Who has scored a century in all three formats for his country in a calendar year and has also scored a century in the IPL. The special thing is that Gill has done this feat only in the fifth month of 2023. Before Gill, Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene did this in 2010 and Australia's David Warner in 2019.
Gill has scored six centuries in five months
Shubman Gill is in excellent form in the year 2023. He has scored six centuries in five months this year. It started with an inning of 116 runs in the ODI match against Sri Lanka. After this, he scored 208 runs in ODIs against New Zealand and also played an innings of 112 runs in the same series. He also played an unbeaten inning of 126 runs in the T20 series against New Zealand. After this, he scored 128 runs in the Test series against Australia. With this, Gill became the first player in 2023 to score a century in all three formats for India.
Now Shubman Gill has played an inning of 101 runs for Gujarat Titans. He is the first player to score a century for this team. He has played a century for the first time in IPL.
Joined Kohli-Raina's club
So far, there are five Indian players who have scored centuries in all three formats for the country and have also played a century in the IPL. The first name in this list is of Suresh Raina. Raina is the first player for India to score a century in all three formats. He has scored five centuries in ODIs. At the same time, one century each has come out of his bat in Test, T20 and IPL. After Raina, Lokesh Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and now Shubman Gill have also done the same.
