India defeated New Zealand 2-1 in the T20 series. Shubman Gill performed brilliantly in the last game of the series. He scored an unbeaten century in the match played in Ahmedabad. Gill broke many records with the help of this century. Gill has become the world number 1 batsman to score the most runs in an ODI and T20 innings against New Zealand. He had made this record on his behalf in the first ODI and now he has been amazing in the T20 series as well.
Gill scored an unbeaten 126 in the match played in Ahmedabad. During this, he faced 63 balls and hit 12 fours and 7 sixes. With the help of Gill’s century, India scored 234 runs while batting first. In response, the New Zealand team went all out with a score of 66 runs. In this way India won the match by 168 runs. He had the biggest win in T20 format.
After the Ahmedabad match, Shubman became the highest-running batsman in a T20 format innings against New Zealand. He has already done this feat in ODI format as well. Shubman has scored a double century against New Zealand this year. He has scored 208 runs. If we’re talking about the most run-scoring batsman in a Test format innings against New Zealand, then Wally Hammond is number 1 in this. He scored an unbeaten 336 in 1933.
Significantly, Shubman has proven to be better in all three formats. He has scored 202 runs in the 6 Test innings he has played so far. During this he has marked a century. He has scored 1254 runs in 21 ODI innings. Shubman has scored a double century, 4 centuries and 5 half centuries in this format. He has scored a century and 4 half centuries in T20 format.
- Test – 336* – Walley Hammond (England, 1993)
- ODI – 208 – Shubman Gill (Indian, 2023)
- S20 – 126* – Shubman Gill (India, 2023)