As India prepares to take on Bangladesh in the ODI World Cup, opener Shubman Gill finds himself on the brink of a world record. While former India captain Virat Kohli is poised to join an elite group of players with 26,000 runs in international cricket, as he is just 77 runs shy of this milestone, the young sensation Gill is on the cusp of setting a world record. In his four-year-long ODI career, Gill has amassed 1,933 runs.
If he scores an additional 67 runs in his next three innings, he will become the fastest player ever to reach the 2,000-run mark in the format. This match marks the fifth encounter between India and Bangladesh in the history of the ODI World Cup, and cricket fans are anticipating a captivating showdown between the neighboring nations.
The current top five fastest to 2,000 ODI runs are:
Hashim Amla (South Africa) - 40 innings
Zaheer Abbas (Pakistan) - 45 innings
Kevin Pietersen (England) - 45 innings
Babar Azam (Pakistan) - 45 innings
Rassie van der Dussen (South Africa) - 45 innings
Shubman Gill has displayed remarkable form in 2023, leading the run-scoring charts in the 50-over format with 1,246 runs to his name. No other batter has even reached the 1,000-run mark in the ODI format this year.
Gill recently returned from a bout of dengue illness, causing him to miss the first two matches of the World Cup. Despite a modest total set by Pakistan in Ahmedabad on October 14, Gill aims to regain his Midas touch in this match. In his last seven outings before the World Cup game against Pakistan, Gill recorded two centuries and three fifties in the format.
As cricket enthusiasts eagerly await this exciting showdown, all eyes will be on Shubman Gill as he inches closer to etching his name into the cricketing history books with a remarkable world record.
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