Shubman Gill looked unstoppable in the Qualifier 2 of IPL 2023 between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians on Friday.He smashed his third century of the season off just 49 balls. His ton included 4 fours and 8 sixes. Before this the 23-year-old star batter had hit tons against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
By hitting the hundred Gill climbed to third position in the list of players to hit most centuries in an IPL season. Virat Kohli and Jos Buttler smashed four centuries in the season to top the list.
Most centuries in IPL season:
- Virat Kohli: 4 centuries (2016)
- Jos Buttler: 4 centuries (2022)
- Shubman Gill: 3 centuries (2023)
Gill also became the seventh batter to score a century in IPL playoffs. Moreover, he is the youngest batter, aged 23 years and 260 days to score a hundred in Playoffs. He also became the second Indian to register most runs in an IPL innings by scoring 129 runs off 60 balls. The list is topped by KL Rahul who scored 132 runs in 2020 when he played for Punjab Kings against Royal Challengers Bangalore. He also crossed the 800-run-mark in the season and climbed to third position in the list of players to score most runs in an IPL season.
Here's the list:
- Virat Kohli - 973 runs (2016)
- Jos Buttler - 863 runs (2022)
- Shubman Gill - 851 runs (2023)
- David Warner - 848 runs (2016)
- Kane Williamson - 735 runs (2018)
Another record broken by Shubman is of Virender Sehwag which was created by him in year 2014, as he registered the highest score in Playoffs in the history of the tournament.
Players to register most runs in Playoffs in IPL:
- Shubman Gill: 129 runs (vs MI, 2023)
- Virender Sehwag: 122 runs (vs CSK, 2014)
- Shane Watson: 117 runs (vs SRH, 2018)
- Wriddhiman Saha: 115 runs (vs KKR, 2014)
The star batter also became the joint topper in the elite list of players to score fastest century in Playoffs in the history of the tournament,
List of players to hit fastest 100 in Playoffs:
- Wriddhiman Saha (PBKS vs KKR) - 49 balls (2014 Final)
- Rajat Patidar (RCB vs LSG) - 49 balls (2022 Eliminator)
- Shubman Gill (GT vs MI) - 49 balls (2023 Qualifier 2)
