In the form of his life, Shubman Gill smashed a scintillating century in the series decider
of the third T20I against New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on
Wednesday.
The 54-ball century was Gill’s first in the shortest format. With master tune,Gill became
the fifth Indian to score centuries across formats.
The 23-year-old from Punjab hit 12 fours and 7 sixes in his unbeaten knock of 126
which came off 63 balls. A blitz from Gill took India to an impressive 234 for 4 in 20
overs.
Gill also now has the highest T20I score by an Indian — 126 not out — follows
Virat Kohli
122* vs Afghanistan which he scored in Dubai in 2022. Rohit is third on the list with his
knock of 118 which came against Sri Lanka in Indore in 2017.
Gill joined the likes of Suresh Raina,
Rohit Sharma
, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli in the list of Indian players scoring centuries in all three
formats.
Gill also scored his individual highest scores of 208 and 126* in ODIs and T20Is against
New Zealand.
Gill reached his maiden T20I fifty off 35 balls with a single off Santner.
Gill brought up his century with a four over the middle fielder off the bowling of Lockie
Ferguson in the first ball of the 18th over. He broke free from the chain and smashed
Ferguson over mid-wicket for a huge six on the next ball
