'Wouldn't be too happy': Shubman Gill on father's reaction to century in IND vs NZ 3rd ODI

After hitting his maiden double century in international cricket during ODI series opener against New Zealand last week, India opener Shubman Gill concluded 50-over assignment with ar ecstatic hundred. Shubman scored 112 runs off 78 balls in India vs New Zealand 3rd ODI, where India picked up an 85-run victory. 23-year-old’s kck became talk of town as he smashed several cricketing records with it.

However, speaking in an interview with he coach Rahul Dravid after match, Shubman revealed that his far won’t be pleased with effort. In a video shared by BCCI, coach Rahul Dravid said, “When Shubman was scoring a lot of fifties and sixties and batting well, but t really converting m into big hundreds. I think his far h said, ‘Shubman are you only going to show us drizzles, or are you actually going to show us some thunderstorms’.” 

“I think his far would be gl that over last month or so, what you have done is you have really me it rain. So well done, and it make you and you d really proud,” Dravid told Shubman. In reply, Shubman said, “I don’t think he will be too happy about this game, because he would definitely tell me that I should have carried on in this game and looked to have ar big score in this one”.

"Hard task master your d"

On listening to youngster, he coach Dravid smiled and jokingly said, “It’s a pretty big score. Hard task master your d man. If we don’t push you, he will. You are in good hands”. This was fourth ODI century for Gill in his short career of 21 fifty-over games. He has amassed 1254 runs so far in format at a strike rate of 109.80 and aver of 73.76, including four hundreds and five fifties.

Shubman Gill creates history with century in IND vs NZ 3rd ODI

It is pertinent to mention that Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma put on a 212-run stand in 157 balls for first wicket, as India reached a total of 385/9 in first innings. With century on Tuesday, Shubman’s run tally in series reached 360 runs in only three games. He equaled Pakistani captain Babar Azam’s record of scoring highest tally of runs in a three-match bilateral ODI series.