Printed on: Dec 07, 2023
West Indies batting legend Brian Lara has said that younger Indian opener Shubman Gill is essentially the most proficient batter of the brand new technology. He went on so as to add that the 24-year-old has the power to interrupt each his large batting information.
Lara is the one batter to attain 400 runs in a Check innings. He achieved the feat in opposition to England in 2004. The previous left-handed batter additionally holds the file for the best particular person rating in first-class cricket. He hammered an unbeaten 501 in a county championship match for Warwickshire in opposition to Durham in 1994.
Talking to Bengali newspaper Anandabazar Patrika, Lara commented that Gill has the power to interrupt his batting information. Praising the teenager, he stated, “Shubman Gill can break each my information. Gill is essentially the most proficient batter on this new technology. He’ll rule cricket within the coming years. I imagine he’ll go on to interrupt many large information.
“If Gill performs county cricket then he can break my 501 not out. In Check cricket, he can absolutely go previous 400. Cricket has modified rather a lot, particularly batting. Batters play T20 leagues throughout the globe. IPL has modified the whole lot. The scoring fee has gone up. So you’ll hold seeing large scores. Shubman will rating large, mark my phrases,” Lara added.
Gill has been in terrific kind in worldwide cricket during the last couple of seasons. He has scored a century in all codecs of the sport and is the youngest to take action within the uncommon record. The opener additionally has a one-day double hundred to his identify.
In 18 Assessments thus far, Gill has scored 966 runs at a mean of 32.20, with two tons of and 4 fifties. In ODIs, he has 2271 runs in 44 matches at a mean of 61.37, with six tons of and 13 half-centuries. Gill has featured in 11 T20Is thus far during which he has 304 runs to his identify at a mean of 30.40 and a strike fee of 146.85, with 100 and one fifty.
The elegant batter was just lately named the brand new captain of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Gujarat Titans (GT). The large improvement got here after former captain of the crew, all-rounder Hardik Pandya, was traded to Mumbai Indians (MI) forward of the IPL 2024 public sale.
Gill has the expertise of 91 IPL matches during which he has scored 2790 runs at a mean of 37.70 and a strike fee of 134.07, with three tons of and 18 fifties.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
