The year 2023 was a great year for cricket, the only pain that will remain in everyone’s mind for the next four years is the loss to Australia in the ODI World Cup final. Apart from this disappointment, in the year 2023, a player also came, who assured that he can do wonders for Team India for many years to come and will work to take Indian cricket forward. This player is none other than Shubhman Gill, throughout 2023 it was only his bat which was speaking continuously and was breaking records in all formats.
Shubman Gill becomes the only king of 2023
A proverb is often used, which talks about the journey of boy to man. Perhaps the year 2023 was the same journey for Shubman Gill, where he transformed from a young player to a special player. And now he has become a reliable opener of Team India in all three formats, who can rule cricket for the coming decade.
If we talk about the year 2023, Shubman Gill did real wonders in the ODI format, he scored 1584 runs in 29 matches this year. This includes 5 centuries, 9 half-centuries and also a double century. Shubman scored runs at an average of around 64 and the strike rate was also more than 100, this was the first time after Sachin Tendulkar in 1998 that a batsman had scored more than 1500 runs in a year and the strike rate was also above 100. Have been.
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If we talk about Test format, he scored 230 runs in 5 Tests, while 304 runs were also in his name in 11 T-20s. That means he completed around 2000 runs in all three formats in this year itself. In such a situation, it is natural that Shubman Gill proves to be the star of this year in Indian cricket. Because there is no one around him in terms of scoring runs.
The only sadness for Shubman Gill this year will be that he could not perform as expected in the World Cup. Actually, she had dengue just before the start of the World Cup, hence she could not play the first two matches. After this he returned to the team, but did not score any century or innings of the kind for which he is known. Shubhman Gill played 9 matches in the World Cup 2023 and scored 354 runs.
Future leader and superstar
Till a year ago, Shubman Gill’s place in the team was not confirmed, because in Tests he was opening with KL Rahul or Prithvi Shaw, some other batsmen were also looking for opportunities in ODIs and T20s. But Shubman Gill hit a four as soon as he got the chance. In the last one year, he has performed consistently and established himself in the team with excellent performances.
This is the reason why Shubman Gill is the star of the team today and is being seen as the new superstar. Now even a big batsman like Brian Lara has said that only a batsman like Shubman Gill can break his record. Only after such performance of Shubman Gill, Gujarat Titans made him their captain and along with this, a leader was also seen in him.
Shubman is also called Prince, that is, after King Virat Kohli, he is seen carrying forward the legacy of runs. Shubman Gill also has the temperament and technique on the basis of which he can progress for a long time and this is the reason why he is being called the superstar of the future.
Shubman Gill’s record
- ODI: 44 matches, 2271 runs, 61.37 average, 6 centuries, 13 half-centuries
- Test: 18 matches, 966 runs, 32.20 average, 2 centuries, 4 half-centuries
- T-20: 11 matches, 304 runs, 30.40 average, 1 century, 1 half-century
