Shubman Gill broke Virat Kohli record: Young batsman Shubman Gill, who is leading the Indian team on the Zimbabwe tour, has created history. In fact, Gill looked in great form while opening the innings in the third T20 match against the host team. Facing 49 balls for the blue team, he played an excellent half-century of 66 runs at a strike rate of 134.69. With this, he has become the second youngest captain for Team India to score a half-century in T20 format.
Before Gill, this special achievement was recorded in the name of Virat Kohli. When King Kohli was 28 years and 305 days old, he scored a half-century against Sri Lanka in 2017 while captaining the Indian team.
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However, Gill has now broken his record. The young batsman led Team India and scored a half-century against Zimbabwe at the age of 24 years and 305 days.
The name of former star cricketer of the Indian team, Suresh Raina, comes at the first place. Raina had scored a fifty while captaining the Indian team against Zimbabwe in 2010. The special thing was that at that time his age was only 23 years and 198 days.
Gill’s performance in the third T20 match
Talking about Shubman Gill’s performance in the third T20 match, he faced a total of 49 balls while opening the innings for the team. Meanwhile, he managed to score 66 runs at a strike rate of 134.69. During this, 7 fours and 3 sixes came from his bat.