Shubman Gill helped India edge over the Kiwis by 12 runs despite a heroic innings by Michael Bracewell. The topsy-turvy game ended in India’s favour by the closest margin of 12 runs courtesy of brilliant double ton from Shubman Gill and a dominant bowling display from Mohammed Siraj.
Opting to bat first, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill started off well with the score of 60 runs for the first wicket. Soon after the powerplay, the wickets kept falling in quick succession and India were reduced to 110/3 inside 20 overs.
However, Shubman Gill kept piling runs at one end and was ably supported by the lower middle order with three 40+ stands. Meanwhile, Shubman Gill registered his first double hundred in style helping Team India post a huge total of 349/8 in 50 overs.
In response, New Zealand batters really did not live up to expectations as Indian bowlers ran through the Kiwi top order batters, leaving them reeling at 131/6 inside 30 overs. Then came in the chief architect in the form of Michael Bracewell who along with Mitchell Santner stitched a record seventh wicket partnership of 162 runs between them with Bracewell scoring 140 and Santner scoring 57.
The bowling spearhead of India, Mohammed Siraj broke the partnership and brought India back in the game. Bracewell kept going in the chase leaving 13 runs to get in 5 balls, but it was Shardul Thakur who held on the nerve and trapped Bracewell in front of the stumps making sure India beat NZ by margin of 12 runs. India has posted a big total of 349/8 in 50 overs with the help of brilliant double hundred from Shubman Gill. The Indian opener went onto create many records in his solid knock off 208 from 149 balls. Shubman Gill had a 60-run opening partnership with Rohit Sharma and good 74-run partnership with the vice-captain Hardik Pandya. Gill completed his double ton in style with hat-trick of sixes and created many records. In this article, we will have a look some of the records of Shubman Gill after stunning innings. A right-hand top-order batsman from Punjab, Shubman Gill is known for his penchant for big runs and was hence drafted into India Under-19 side as the vice-captain for the 2018 World Cup. He made his first-class debut before that, for Punjab in the Ranji Trophy in late 2017 with a half-century in the game and an attacking 129 in the next match.
A constant feature in Rahul Dravid's plans for the Under-19 World Cup, Gill constantly played at an age-group level above his. In 2014, he smacked 351 in Punjab's Inter-District Under-16 tournament, and shared a record opening stand of 587 with Nirmal Singh. On his Under-16 state debut for Punjab, he made an unbeaten double-century in the Vijay Merchant Trophy. Later that year, he went on to share the stage with his idol Virat Kohli while receiving a BCCI award for the best junior cricketer, which he won for two successive years: 2013-14 and 2014-15. Shubman Gill is a talented top-order batter who hails from Punjab. He grew up playing cricket in his farm, and later, his father shifted his base to Mohali and made Gill join the Punjab Cricket Association. Shubman started his professional cricket expedition playing for Punjab at the Under-16 level.
Gill stole the headlines for the first time after scoring 372 runs at an average of 124 at the Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand, and he was one of the main architects that helped India lift the trophy. All his noteworthy performances at the youth level earned him his first Indian T20 League contract when he was picked up by Kolkata for the 2018 season. After having four successful seasons with the franchise, ahead of the mega auction in 2022, Gill left Kolkata and was bought by Gujarat for a hefty amount. Shubman Gill is an Indian cricketer, who bats right-handed. He was vice-captain of India’s U-19 World Cup team in 2018. He played a crucial role in winning India’s record 4th U-19 World Cup title as he scored 372 runs at an average of 124.00 while batting at number 3 position.
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