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India posted a big total of 234/4 with the help of a stunning century from Shubman Gill and quickfire knocks from Rahul Tripathi, Suryakumar Yadav, and skipper Hardik Pandya. After opting to bat first, Team India decimated the New Zealand bowlers completely as their key bowlers like Lockie Ferguson and Blair Tickner ended up conceding 50-plus runs in their bowling quota. Here in this article, we will have look at some of the records broken by Shubman Gill in this game.
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5 - Shubman Gill became the 5th Indian batsman to smash at least one century for India in all 3 formats (Test, ODI, T20I).
Batsman to smash at least one hundred for India in all three formats:
Suresh Raina
Rohit Sharma
KL Rahul
Virat Kohli
Shubman Gill
Notably, Deepak Hooda and Suryakumar Yadav has smashed a Century in T20I format alone.
6 - Shubman Gill took 6 innings to smash his maiden hundred in the T20I format.
Least number of innings taken to smash maiden T20I hundred for India:
Deepak Hooda - 3
KL Rahul - 4
Shubman Gill - 6
23 - Shubman Gill became the youngest batsman to smash a century for India in the men's T20I.
Youngest batsman to smash a hundred in men's T20I for India:
Shubman Gill - 23 years & 146 days
Suresh Raina - 23 years & 156 days
KL Rahul - 24 years & 131 days
Youngest batsman to have at least one hundred in all three formats:
Ahmed Shehzad - 22 years & 127 days
Shubman Gill - 23 years & 146 days
Suresh Raina - 23 years & 241 days
126* - Shubman Gill has recorded the highest score by an Indian batsman in T20Is.
Highest Score by an Indian batsman in T20Is:
Shubman Gill - 126* vs NZ in Ahmedabad, 2023
Virat Kohli - 122* vs AFG in Dubai (DSC), 2022
Rohit Sharma - 118 vs SL in Indore, 2017
Batsman to score century vs New Zealand in men's T20I:
Richard Levi - 117* in Hamilton, 2012
Dawid Malan - 103* in Napier, 2019
Suryakumar Yadav - 111* in Mt Maunganui, 2022
Shubman Gill - 126* in Ahmedabad, 2023
Shubman Gill's 126* is also the highest score by any batsman against NZ in T20Is.
202 - Shubman Gill has scored 202 runs in his T20I career from just 6 innings.
Most runs for India in first six T20I innings:
KL Rahul - 258
Deepak Hooda - 236
Gautam Gambhir - 227
Shubman Gill - 202
Suryakumar Yadav - 181