Published 19:42 IST, January 24th 2023
Shubman Gill goes after Babar Azam's world record, achieves huge feat in IND vs NZ 3rd ODI
Young Indian batter Shubman Gill has continued his majestic form in the third ODI and has equaled Babar Azam's record of hitting most runs in a 3 match series.
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Team India youngster Shubman Gill is one of finest young batsmen in world cricket right w. Shubman continued his magical form against New Zealand in third One Day International in Indore and played yet ar tremendous kck of 122. This was Shubman's fourth ODI hundred and second of series.
Shubman equals Babar's record
Shubman till w has scored 360 runs in three-match series and has equaled Pakistani captain Babar Azam's record of hitting most runs in a three-match One Day International series. Babar Azam created world record against West Indies in 2016 when he also smashed 360 runs in a three-match series.
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Shubman also broke Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan's record of becoming fastest to hit 4 hundreds. Shubman is w fastest Indian to reach 4 ODI centuries as he achieved feat in 21 innings whereas Shikhar achieved record in 24 innings.
Talking about pair of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, duo gave Team India an explosive start in third ODI and ded 212 runs in 26 overs for first wicket. This is highest opening partnership by any pair in Indore. Before this Shubman also broke a series of records in ODI series against Sri Lanka.
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Gill scored a record-breaking 208 and became youngest and 5th Indian to enter 200 club. Gill also became fastest to reach 1000 One Day International runs, achieving feat in just 19 innings. He equaled Pakistani Imam-Ul Haq's record who also achieved feat in 19 innings.
Apart from this Shubman also became youngest Indian to hit three ODI centuries, bettering Shikhar Dhawan.
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It was t only Shubman Gill who broke records. His partner and captain Rohit Sharma also broke a series of records. In third ODI, he ended his three-year drought of t hitting an international hundred and reached three-figure mark for first time after 2020.
Rohit Sharma also equaled former Australia captain Ricky Ponting's record of hitting most centuries in ODIs and became number 3 batsman in list. Rohit also w has 30 ODI centuries with just Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar ahe of him. Rohit also surpassed Sanath Jayasuriya and became third batsman in world to hit most sixes in ODIs. Rohit broke Sanath Jayasuriya's record of hitting 270 sixes.
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19:43 IST, January 24th 2023