Shubman Gill continued his good form in the ongoing bilateral series against England and completed his seventh one-day international century during the third ODI match against England at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, 12 February. (Match Blog | More Cricket News)
He reached the milestone with a boundary off Mark Wood in the 32nd over of India's innings. He took 95 balls to complete his ton with the help of 14 fours and two sixes.
Gill, 25, became the fastest Indian batter to score seven ODI centuries and the only one to score a hundred in his 50th ODI match.
He is the first Indian batter to score a century at a venue in all three formats. Narendra Modi Stadium is Gill's home venue as well when he leads the T20 franchise Gujarat Titans in the IPL.
Gill has been in good form in the series and has also scored two half-centuries before this match. He continued his attacking batting in this match as well and completed his century.
The star Indian opener batter added 116 runs for the second wicket with Virat Kohli and after his dismissal rebuilt another big partnership with Shreyas Iyer who also completed his half-century.
India have already won this series and are looking for a clean sweep in Ahmedabad. England's skipper Jos Buttler won the toss and invited India to bat first in the final game.
India have made three changes in the playing XI - Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav and Arshdeep Singh replaced Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakravarthy and Mohammed Shami is the playing. England, on the other hand, made one change. Tom Banton replaced Jamie Overton in the final XI.
Adil Rashid dismissed him in the 35th over. He made 112 runs off 102 balls with 14 fours and three sixes.
He also overtook Hashim Amla for making the most runs after 50 ODI innings. He, now has 2587 runs which is more than Amla's 2486 after 50 ODI innings.
