Shubman Gill Century: Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill slammed his third hundred of the IPL 2023 season on Friday. The 23-year-old slammed 129 runs in only 60 balls against Mumbai Indians, with the help of 10 boundaries and seven sixes. Gill registered a strike rate of exact 215 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Thanks to his extraordinary hundred, Shubman Gill became only the fourth batsmen to hit a century in IPL Playoffs. He is also the youngest batsman to score a hundred in IPL Playoffs. Follow IPL 2023 Playoffs Updates with InsideSport.IN.
Shubman Gill Century: Batsmen with 100s in IPL Qualifier 2
Shubman Gill Century: Batsmen with 100s in IPL Playoffs
Hundreds in IPL Playoffs
Name | Score | Franchise | Opponent | Match | Year |
Virender Sehwag | 122 | Kings XI Punjab | Chennai Super Kings | Qualifier 2 | 2014 |
Wriddhiman Saha | 115* | Kings XI Punjab | Kolkata Knight Riders | Final | 2014 |
Shane Watson | 117 | Chennai Super Kings | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Final | 2018 |
Shubman Gill | 129 | Gujarat Titans | Mumbai Indians | Qualifier 2 | 2023 |
Virender Sehwag, who represented Kings XI Punjab has the record for the highest individual score in Qualifier 2. The dashing opener slammed 122 runs against Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2014.
The next batsman to score a hundred in the Playoffs/Final is former Punjab batsman Wriddhiman Saha. The veteran wicketkeeper batsman slammed unbeaten 115 against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2014 Final.
The third batsman in the list is former Chennai Super Kings opener Shane Watson with 117 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2018 Final.
Shubman Gill is indeed in a special company and given his form, one can expect him to build many more records in the years to come.
Shubman Gill Century: Batsmen with 100s in IPL Playoffs
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