Shubman Gill became a part of this special club.
Young opening batsman Shubman Gill is captaining the Indian team, which is on Zimbabwe tour to play a 5-match T20 series. In the first 2 matches of this series, Gill was not able to show any special feat with the bat, but in the third T20 match played at Harare Sports Club Ground, a brilliant half-century was seen from the bat of Shubman Gill. In this match, Gill played a brilliant inning of 66 runs in 49 balls with the help of 7 fours and 3 sixes, on the basis of which Team India managed to reach the score of 182 runs in 20 overs. Along with scoring a half-century, Gill also became a part of a special club as the Indian captain.
Gill becomes the second youngest Indian captain to score a half-century in T20 International
Shubman Gill was among the reserve players of Team India in the T20 World Cup 2024 that ended last month, after which the senior players were given rest for the series against Zimbabwe, Gill was given the responsibility of captaincy. While Gill played a brilliant innings as captain in the third T20 match, he has now become the second youngest Indian player to score a half-century in T20 International as the Indian captain. The name of Suresh Raina is at the first place in this list, who scored a half-century while captaining Team India in the T20 match against Zimbabwe in 2010. At that time Raina’s age was 23 years and 198 days. Whereas Gill has now come second in this list with the age of 24 years 306 days.
Youngest Indian captain to score a half-century in T20 International
- Suresh Raina – 23 years 198 days (vs Zimbabwe, 2010)
- Shubhman Gill – 24 years 306 days (vs Zimbabwe, 2024)
- Virat Kohli – 28 years 305 days (vs Sri Lanka, 2017)
Scored the 5th highest score on foreign soil in T20 as Indian captain.
With his inning of 66 runs in the third T20 match of the series against Zimbabwe, Shubman Gill has made the 5th highest score in this format as the Indian captain. The name of Suryakumar Yadav is at the first place in this list, who played an inning of 100 runs while captaining Team India against South Africa in the year 2023. Whereas Rohit Sharma’s inning of 92 runs played against Australia in T20 World Cup 2024 is at second place in this list.
Highest score in T20 on foreign soil as Indian captain
- Suryakumar Yadav – 100 runs (vs South Africa, year 2023)
- Rohit Sharma – 92 runs (vs Australia, year 2024)
- Virat Kohil – 85 runs (vs Australia, 2020)
- Suresh Raina – 72 runs (vs Zimbabwe, 2010)
- Shubhman Gill – 66 runs (vs Zimbabwe, 2024)
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