Sunil Gavaskar praised Shubman Gill after he scored his third century of the present IPL 2023 season in Qualifier 2 on Friday, May 26. The Indian veteran praised the kid, saying that the ‘sky is the limit’ for him with the manner he is hitting.
Gill hit 129 off 60 balls in IPL 2023 Qualifier 2 against Mumbai Indians at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. After being assigned to bat, the right-handed batsman hit 7 fours and 10 sixes as GT tallied 233/3. In response, MI were bowled out for 171, confirming Gujarat’s place in the IPL 2023 final.
Gavaskar claimed that he was out of adjectives to praise Shubman Gill’s brilliance.
“It is very difficult to find more adjectives apart from saying that the cricketing world is at his feet. The sky is the limit for him. That’s all I can say. And his feet really. The certainty of the feet movement. The certainty of playing forward and back, that’s so important and essential for a good batter. At the same time, keep your balance as well and that’s what he does.”
The 73 year old noted that if Shubman Gill continues to dedicate himself as he has in the previous year or two, his strong form would most likely continue due to the ‘correctness’ of his technique. Gavaskar went on to say:
“If he keeps doing that, runs are going to flow. Because there is a correctness about his cricket and a correctness about his batting. You sometimes feel like he has played across the line. He hasn’t really played across the line. He has played at the very last moment. He hasn’t been wild trying to play across the line.”
“This is the third century he has got in this IPL. He has improved with every innings. Now he has got 129, the highest score in this year’s IPL. The sky is the limit and he is going up and up. So that’s good news for not just for Gujarat Titans, but for Indian cricket.”
Shubman Gill had a 54-run first wicket partnership with Wriddhiman Saha (18) in the encounter against MI on Friday. He then batted alongside Sai Sudharsan (43 off 31) for 138 runs for the second wicket.
Shubman Gill in IPL 2023
Gill is the current IPL 2023 Orange Cap holder. He has 851 runs at an average of 60.79 and a strike rate of 156.43 in 16 matches, with 3 hundreds and 4 fifties to his record.