Rashid Khan on Shubhman Gill: Gujarat Titans vice-captain Rashid Khan heaped praise on opener Shubman Gill after his unbeaten century, saying the youngster has the confidence to convert his 50s into hundreds and has been a consistent performer for the franchise.
Gill, who is seen as Kohli’s successor in the Indian batting line-up, scored an unbeaten 104 off 52 balls against RCB. This was his second IPL century, which overshadowed Virat Kohli’s second consecutive century. Gujarat Titans beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets.
Rashid Khan said in the press conference after the match, I saw two centuries today. I consider myself lucky. Virat bhai and Shubman Gill, the way they both played, it was unbelievable. Shubman is working very hard. He believed that he could convert his 50s and 60s into 100s, so he did. He has been doing consistently well for us since last year.
Significantly, RCB needed a win in this match to qualify for the playoffs, but the Gujarat batsmen turned out to be better. Chasing a target of 198 runs, they won the match with five balls to spare. With the defeat of RCB, Mumbai Indians qualified for the playoffs.
Gujarat Titans have secured 10 wins in the league stages and will square off against Chennai Super Kings for Qualifier 1 on May 23. Last season’s winner Gujarat this time also remained on top after the end of the league stage.
Gill became the fourth player to score a century in two consecutive innings in IPL.
year 2023 So far it has been great for Shubman Gill. In this season of IPL, Gill has so far scored 680 runs in 14 innings at an average of 56.67. Shubman Gill scored an inning of 101 runs in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Continuing the same form in the match against RCB, Gill played an excellent inning of 104 runs. Now he has become the fourth player in IPL history to score a century in two consecutive innings.
On the basis of his innings of 104 runs, Gill has also become the player who has played the most individual innings for Gujarat in IPL. Earlier this record was in the name of Gill when he scored 101 runs against Hyderabad.
