Gujarat Titans (GT) opener Shubman Gill smashed his maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) century during the first innings of the match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in Ahmedabad on Monday, May 15.
The swashbuckling opener took just 56 balls to achieve this feat, and in doing so, was the sixth ton of the season, and the first in the short history of the Gujarat Titans in the IPL.
After being sent in to bat first by SRH, the side lost Wriddhiman Saha for a duck early, but Gill persevered with his 101 off 58 balls to help his team set a solid platform of 188 runs for the win.
Gill combined first with Sai Sudharsan to set up a partnership of 147 runs for the second wicket. Then, there was a major collapse as Sai ended up being the last batter to touch double digits in his team.
His innings included 13 fours and a six as his knock helped the Titans recover from a slow start after being put into bat first. They were 36 for 2 in the seventh over before Gill and Sudarshan put on their partnership. Gill reached his century off 56 balls, with a six off T Natarajan. He was eventually out caught by Nicholas Pooran off Umran Malik.
After Gill's dismissal, Gujarat's innings collapsed as they lost their last five wickets for 12 runs. IPL debutant Dasun Shanaka remained unbeaten on nine runs off seven balls but the tail-ender fell like a pack of cards.
Gill has been in excellent form, both internationally and in IPL 2023. He has scored seven centuries in the last six months. These include two Tests, three ODIs, one T20I and one IPL century. Interestingly, he also scored an ODI double-century during this period.
During his exceptional innings for GT, he also became the first batter to 1000 IPL runs for the defending champions.
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