Shubman Gill Scores 7th ODI Century Against England, Becomes Fastest to 2,500 ODI Runs
The star Indian vice-captain Shubman Gill scored his seventh ODI century in the third match against England at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Gill opened the innings with Indian skipper Rohit Sharma and reached his hundred in just 95 balls after England chose to bowl first.
Gill also became the fastest player to score 2,500 ODI runs in just 50 innings. He broke the record previously held by South Africa’s star Hashim Amla, who took 51 innings. During the same match, Gill crossed 5,000 international runs across formats in his 131st innings.
Gill had scored 87 and 60 in the first two matches of the series, which helped him climb to second place in the latest ICC ODI batting rankings, overtaking India captain Rohit Sharma. He also became just the seventh Indian to score fifty or more runs in all three innings of a three-match series.
Indians Scoring Three Fifty Plus Scores in a Series
Kris Srikkanth vs SL in 1982
Dilip Vengsarkar vs SL in 1985
Mohammad Azharuddin vs SL in 1993
MS Dhoni vs AUS in 2019
Shreyas Iyer vs NZ in 2020
Ishan Kishan vs WI in 2023
Shubman Gill vs ENG in 2025
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Gill has a strong batting record in Ahmedabad. In February 2023 he scored an unbeaten 126, his highest T20I score against New Zealand at the same stadium. The following month, he scored his first Test century at the same venue, making 128 off 251 balls against Australia during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
As captain of the Gujarat Titans, Gill averages nearly 80 at the Ahmedabad ground across nine innings. It is the second venue where he has scored at least 400 runs, with Harare Stadium in Zimbabwe being the first.
Fastest to 2500 ODI runs in Innings
Shubman Gill – 50 innings
Hashim Amla – 51 innings
Imam-ul-Haq – 52 innings
Vivian Richards – 56 innings
Jonathan Trott – 56 innings
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