Former India opener Aakash Chopra has said Shubman Gill should have to accelerate more in T20Is despite the opener scored his maiden ton with over 175 strike-rate in the third and final T20I against New Zealand on Thursday.
Sensational Gill
Gill had slammed 126 not out in 63 balls, laced with 12 fours and seven sixes, propelling India to a massive 234/4 and setting the base for a massive 168-run victory to win the series 2-1.
Apart from him, Tripathi also shone in India’s innings, scoring a vital 44 off just 22 balls, which gave India some momentum after losing Ishan Kishan early, before getting caught off Ish Sodhi’s short ball in the ninth over.
“Shubman Gill is the sensation. He is scoring 100s and 200s left right and centre. I’ll still talk about Rahul Tripathi first because if Tripathi’s innings were not there, Gill would have to accelerate more. Earlier, he was accelerating, but after that, he took his time because of the way Tripathi was striking the ball and playing some extraordinary shots.”
“He is just brilliant. Rahul’s mentality was like the way he scored runs in the IPL and the same way he will score runs in international cricket, he doesn’t care whether this is his last chance. He came out, he expressed himself, and he won the hearts of the fans because of the template of how they played as if even if wickets fell, our boys did not stop. The bat just kept swinging,” said Chopra on JioCinema’s new daily sports show ‘Aakashvani’.
India registered the biggest win by any team in T20Is after thrashing New Zealand by 168 runs in the third and final ODI.
Biggest margin of win in a T20I between two Full Member teams
168 runs Ind vs NZ Ahmedabad 2023 *
143 runs Ind vs Ire Dublin 2018
143 runs Pak vs WI Karachi 2018
137 runs Eng vs WI Basseterre 2019
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