“Can Become An All-Format Player”: Ex India Star Backs Youngster to ‘Rule’ World Cricket Like Virat Kohli | Cricket News

Former Indian cricket staff all-rounder Irfan Pathan lauded Shubman Gill for his batting efficiency towards New Zealand within the third T20I encounter and backed the teenager to excel in all three codecs of the game. It has been an excellent couple of months for Gill as he slammed a double century in ODIs and on Wednesday, he grew to become the youngest Indian cricketer in historical past to attain a T20I ton as he surpassed the report held by Suresh Raina since 2010. Pathan mentioned that Gill can comply with the instance of Virat Kohli and grow to be a drive to be reckoned with in world cricket.

“The way he is batting, I am a huge fan of his. I am repeatedly saying that he can become an all-format player for you. Virat Kohli ruled all formats for many years, this batter has as much potential. To convert that into performance is a different thing,” Pathan instructed Star Sports.

Gill slammed 12 boundaries and seven large sixes as he scored 126 off simply 63 deliveries. He dominated the Kiwi bowlers and even stitched collectively essential partnerships with each Rahul Tripathi and Hardik Pandya. Later, Pandya shone with the ball in addition to he claimed 4 wickets to information the hosts to a mammoth 168-run victory to clinch the three-matches sequence 2-1 in Ahmedabad.

“That happens with time but Shubman Gill has started to do that. He scored his first century in August. Gill has now scored a total of six centuries in international cricket and we have just started February, where all other players have scored just four international centuries,” Pathan added.

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