Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill scored his maiden IPL hundred against SRH at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Gill completed his maiden ton off 56 deliveries and became the first batter to score a century for GT in the IPL. Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed opener Wriddhiman Saha for a three-ball duck. But he controlled one side and scored 101 off 58 deliveries before giving a wicket to Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The right-handed batter was at his fluent best as he scored 13 fours and one six. His previous best was 96 against PBKS in IPL 2022.
Shubman Gill loves to play at the Narendra Modi Stadium. He has already scored T20I and Test centuries at Ahmedabad. Also, his maiden ton in the IPL came here. He played 12 matches in the IPL 2024 and scored four fifties, all of which came in Ahmedabad. In one fifty, he restricted himself to 94 in the match against Lucknow Super Giants on May 7. But today he completed his maiden ton and became the 46th batter to hit a century in the IPL.
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He also went past the 500-run mark in IPL 2024 for the first time in his career. He scored 440 runs in 2020, 478 runs in 2021, and 483 runs in 2022. Moreover, he reached the milestone of 1000 runs for Gujarat Titans, the only ever player to do so. He also became the sixth player to score a hundred this season. He added his name with Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Harry Brook, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Prabhsimran Singh. All of them have scored their maiden ton in their IPL career this season.
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Gill at Narendra Modi Stadium!
Gill also completed 400 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium. This is the most ever by a batter at any venue in IPL 2024. The next best is Devon Conway, who scored 350 runs in seven innings at the Chepauk. Now, with this century he acquired a second spot in the tally of the Orange Cap. So far he has made 576 runs in 13 matches.
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