Shubman Gill surpasses Virat Kohli to become India’s highest individual scorer in T20Is

Shubman
Gill’s
126
breached
Virat
Kohli’s
122
not
out
against
Afghanistan
last
year,
when
the
star
Indian
batter
ended
his
three-year
drought
of
centuries.

Gill
smashes
12
fours
and
seven
sixes
during
the
course
of
his
innings
as
India
posted
a
huge
235-run
target
for
New
Zealand
to
chase
in
the
series
decider
at
the
Narendra
Modi
Stadium.

The
23-year-old
opener
has
been
in
fine
form
this
series
with
now
three
centuries,
including
a
double
ton,
to
his
name
against
New
Zealand
in
the
white-ball
series
at
home.

Shubman
Gill
breaks
record
in
galore

Gill
earlier
cemented
his
place
in
the
playing
XI
as
he
scored
a
century
and
a
half-century
against
Sri
Lanka
in
the
ODI
series
as
well.

Gill
also
became
the
youngest
to
score
centuries
in
all
format
of
the
game
at
the
age
of
23
years
and
146
days
as
he
surpassed
Suresh
Raina’s
record.
He
is
also
the
youngest
to
score
a
double
hundred
in
ODIs
and
the
youngest
to
scored
a
T20I
century.

The
innings
was
all
about
Shubman
Gill.
He
started
off
well
before
taking
the
back
seat
when
Tripathi
went
berserk
and
Suryakumar
Yadav
did
his
thing,
but
after
those
two
departed,
he
stepped
on
the
accelerator
and
never
got
down
from
fifth
gear.

His
first
fifty
came
off
35
balls
and
the
next
off
just
19
balls.
He
got
to
his
maiden
T20I
hundred
and
went
on
to
break
Kohli’s
recorded
for
the
highest
score
for
India
in
T20Is.

Tripathi,
SKY
and
Hardik
contributed
with
quick
cameos
and
in
the
end
India
have
given
themselves
a
great
chance
to
win
the
series.