Shubman Gill with a stunning century, and Virat Kohli‘s stylish fifty helped India’s sturdy reply to Australia on Day 3 of the continuing fourth and last Check of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023 at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad.
After conceding 480 within the first innings towards Australia, the hosts bounced again in grand fashion. Gill was the star of the day, notching up his second hundred within the longest format. He, together with captain Rohit Sharma signalled their attacking intent after resuming on 36/0 on Day 3 of the match.
Left-arm spinner Matt Kuhnemann broke the 74-run opening stand by dismissing Rohit, who made 35 runs. Gill then partnered with Cheteshwar Pujara because the duo consolidated India’s place.
Gill smashed a ton with a 4 off Todd Murphy. Nonetheless, in the identical over, the spinner removed Pujara, who fell lbw for 42. The star opener, who was dismissed for 128. featured in three 50-plus partnerships as India, who lead the sequence 2-1, reached 289/3 at stumps. Kohli was unbeaten on 59, his first check half-century in 16 innings, with Ravindra Jadeja on 16 as India are nonetheless 191 behind.
“It feels nice to attain 100 right here. That is my IPL house floor and glad to get some runs right here. The pitch was fairly good to bat on. Something taking place off the pitch was off the tough space. I used to be trying to decide singles each time attainable. Truthfully, I used to be nonetheless making an attempt to be optimistic and was maintain searching for singles. They weren’t attacking that a lot. We’re three down for nearly 300. We’d look to get a giant rating on day 4. Who is aware of the wicket may assist our bowlers on day 5,” stated Gill after the top of the day’s play.
Right here is how Twitter reacted:
Stumps on Day 3⃣ of the Fourth #INDvAUS Check!
Good batting show by #TeamIndia 🇮🇳 as we transfer to 289/3 on the finish of day’s play.
We shall be again with Day 4 motion tomorrow, with India trailing by 191 runs.
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/8DPghkx0DE@mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/itAO7Wb1un
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 11, 2023
Group India end Day 3 at 289/3, trailing Australia by 191 runs.
Shubman Gill: 128
Virat Kohli: 59*https://t.co/1PkiBdp0Q9#INDvAUS #BGT2023 #ShubmanGill #ViratKohli #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/RofoZLL41A— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) March 11, 2023
Spotlight of the day was the maturity that Shubman Gill confirmed. There may be that wow issue to his shotmaking.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 11, 2023
Steve Smith simply loves batting🏏#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/LXqEILlXoS
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) March 11, 2023
Actual deal @ShubmanGill #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/yhkilwojed
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) March 11, 2023
What a gritty, affected person and good knock ! 💯 @ShubmanGill can bat in any state of affairs, can he not?! ✊🏻🔥 #IndiaVsAustralia #BorderGavaskarTrophy2023 @BCCI
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) March 11, 2023
Shubman Gill’s first Check ton at house – stunning innings. Kohli cherished it. #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/EcyDN2KlUI
— Adam Collins (@collinsadam) March 11, 2023
Effectively performed Shubman Gill. Check century quantity 2 and counting. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) March 11, 2023
King & Prince of world cricket. pic.twitter.com/qwA6v4tjDM
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 11, 2023
Shubman Gill, 23, has arrived in Check cricket. 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/0eFbz0Fl8f
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) March 11, 2023
Gavaskar to Tendulkar, Tendulkar to Kohli, Kohli to Gill. @ShubmanGill will someday be counted among the many batting Greats #IndvsAus #ShubmanGill
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) March 11, 2023
At all times thought @ShubmanGill was going to be World class .. the previous few months he has confirmed he’s properly on his approach .. #INDvAUS
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 11, 2023
Shubman Gill will get to his 2⃣nd Check century! What a superb innings this has been from the Prince. 👏
📸: BCCI#PlayBold #TeamIndia #INDvAUS #BGT2023 pic.twitter.com/Akxln9E7DQ
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) March 11, 2023
The second Shubman Gill scored his 2nd century!
The generational expertise. pic.twitter.com/ckh5zLz2TK
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 11, 2023
Can we name it Gill-12 months? 🫡
Method to go, Shubman! 💯#INDvAUS #BorderGavaskarTrophy pic.twitter.com/3ncbCLUkFv
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) March 11, 2023
In Worldwide cricket in 2023:
•Most runs – Shubman Gill.
•Greatest common – Shubman Gill.
•Most 100s – Shubman Gill.
•Most 50+ – Shubman Gill.
•Most 4s – Shubman Gill.
•Most 6s – Shubman Gill.
•Most 200s – Shubman Gill (Joint).
•Hundred in all codecs – Shubman Gill. pic.twitter.com/0QRfZv66dj— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) March 11, 2023
fifteenth Jan – ODI 100 vs SL
18th Jan – ODI 200 vs NZ
1st Feb – T20 100 vs NZ
eleventh Mar – Check 100 vs AUSThree months, Three codecs & Three groups however the result’s similar. Shubman Gill has smashed century in three codecs in single calendar yr 🔥 pic.twitter.com/J4yAE54eoS
— All About Cricket (@allaboutcric_) March 11, 2023
The power to seek out gaps and the gorgeous circulation of the bat…Gill continues to impress. There’s crispness to his batting 👏👏 #BGT #IndvAus
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 11, 2023
Quickest to attain centuries in all 3 codecs in a calendar yr: SHUBMAN GILL
Gill took 70 days to finish centuries in all 3 codecs.pic.twitter.com/oevGFPKatM
— Rᴀɪᴋᴀᴛ (@OverMidWicket) March 11, 2023
Not all heroes put on capes! 🦹🏻♂️
A terrific 💯 by @ShubmanGill to deliver 🇮🇳 proper again within the sport! #SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/vgcRWO0iIE
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) March 11, 2023
Shubman Gill in 2023 🔥
That’s it, that’s the tweet
📸 @ESPNcricinfo #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/rRf220iGBg
— Lucknow Tremendous Giants (@LucknowIPL) March 11, 2023
