Continuing his good form in ODIs, Shubman Gill, On Sunday (September 24), he scored an impressive century against Australia in the second ODI at the Holkar Stadium in Indore.
The right-handed batsman missed the chance to score a century in the first ODI after being dismissed for 74. However, he did not make any mistake in Indore and scored another ODI century this year.
India’s opener scored 104 runs off 97 balls with the help of six fours and four sixes. Shreyas Iyer also scored a century, scoring 105 off 90 balls as he and Shubman Gill added 200 runs for the second wicket.
Then a fiery fifty from Suryakumar Yadav helped India post a massive total of 399 for 5 in 50 overs. Suryakumar scored an unbeaten 72 off just 37 balls with the help of 6 fours and as many sixes. In response, Australia were bowled out for 217 runs while chasing a revised total of 317 runs in 33 overs.
Virender Sehwag unhappy with Shubman Gill:
While Shubman Gill scored a century and created a host of records with his knock, legendary batsman Virender Sehwag was not happy with him. The reason was that the youngster failed to convert his century into a big result.
“He missed last time, but he made sure to get his hundred today, but I would still say that with the form he is in he should have scored 160 or 180. Now he is only 25. If he had scored 200 today, then I wouldn’t have tired and he could have played too. At 30 years old it would have been difficult for him because he wouldn’t have recovered. So it’s better to get big runs now.” Virender Sehwag told Cricbuzz.
Sehwag went on to say that Shubman Gill also got a chance to score a double century. There were more than 15 overs left when the first match was dismissed and he had a chance to score his second double century in the 50-over format.
“When you are fit and you are scoring runs, don’t throw away your wicket. When he came out, there were still 18 overs left. If he had played 9-10 more overs, he could have completed his second double hundred. Rohit Sharma scored three double hundreds. He had the opportunity today. A player named Sehwag scored 200 at this venue, because it is that kind of track.” he said.
Meanwhile, the third and final ODI is scheduled to be played on Wednesday (September 27) at the Holkar Stadium in Indore.