Shubman Gill becomes first Indian to register rare record courtesy of maiden IPL hundred

Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill on Monday smashed his maiden century of Indian Premier League against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Shubman scored 101 off 58 balls including 13 boundaries and one six. With century, Shubman has become first Indian player to slam a hundred in Test cricket, One-Day International, T20I cricket, and IPL. or Indian player had scored centuries in all forms of game including IPL before Shubman did on Monday. 

Shubman Gill became first player for his franchise to score a century. He also became first player for Gujarat Titans to score 1000 or more runs in IPL. 23-year-old batsman has been in phemenal form for past several months. Shubman is currently second-highest run-scorer in IPL 2023. He has amassed 576 runs in 13 matches at an aver of 48.00 and a strike rate of 146.19 including four half-centuries and a hundred. 

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GT vs SRH

Shubman started his innings against Sunrisers Hyderabad by hitting a 23-ball half-century, which came without smashing a single six. He scored four consecutive boundaries off Fazalhaq Farooqi's bowling in powerplay and n hit Aiden Markram for two back-to-back boundaries in next over. Thanks to Shubman's impactful century, Gujarat Titans were able to post a mammoth total of 188/9 in 20 overs. Apart from Shubman, Sai Sudharsan smashed 47 off 36 balls including six boundaries and a six. 

Invited to bat first, GT lost Wriddhiman Saha for a duck but Gill remained intact in middle as he smashed his maiden IPL century to help his team set a solid platform. duo of Gill and Sai Sudharsan added 147 runs for second wicket to power GT's innings. For SRH, seasoned seamer Bhuvneshwar finished with figures of 5/30, including taking three wickets in an excellent final over that pegged back GT. Bhuvneshwar was also part of a team hat-trick in final over of GT's innings as he ran out or Ahmed for a duck.

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Heinrich Klaasen top-scored with a 44-ball 64 for SRH while Mohammed Shami and Mohit Sharma bagged four wickets apiece for hosts. Bhuvneshwar also contributed with bat as he scored 27 off 26 balls. Despite Bhuvneshwar and Klaasen's efforts, SRH were restricted to 154/9 in 20 overs. Gujarat Titans won match by 34 runs and became first team to qualify for IPL 2023 playoffs. 

Im: BCCI