Rohit Sharma praises Gill after New Zealand win

India captain Rohit Sharma heaped praise on opener Shubhman Gill stating that the right-hander has been impressive and has exhibited immense composure, converting his starts into match-winning knocks. Shubhman Gill has been in a rich vein of form in the 50-over format. The batter has scored 1254 runs in 21 innings at a staggering average of 73.76 and made a double hundred against New Zealand in the first ODI in Hyderabad.

“He’s got great maturity. The way he thinks about his game, the way he approaches the game, that is all I can say. I mean, honestly, with the way he was batting in this series and before the series, I don’t think much needs to be told. He understands his game really well. If you see, he paces his inning really well, and that is what he you want in one day, cricket, you want to go big, you want to go deep into the game. And he’s shown it,” expressed the Indian skipper.

Rohit was in awe of the opener’s ability to understand the game and said that the batter has the capability of scoring big hundreds once set. He also mentioned that the opener was the difference between the two sides in the first ODI where Gill scored a magnificent double hundred, becoming the youngest to reach the milestone. “He’s got big hundreds, no matter how flat the pitch is. But to get a double hundred is not easy. So that shows. And in that game, the next best score was 34 when he got the double hundred. So it shows that you know, he was calculative and he understood that you know. He understood a set batsman needs to bat as long as possible.