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IPL 2023: Gill became the highest run-scorer in the playoffs
Published - 27-MAY-2023 8:18 IST | Updated - 10-APR-2024 1:18 IST

IPL 2023: Gill became the highest run-scorer in the playoffs
Shubman Gill, From December 2022 till the IPL playoffs, this name is echoing very fast in the hearts of cricket fans. On Friday, Gill once again reminded the fans of his name by playing an innings of 129 against 5-time IPL champion Mumbai Indians in Qualifier-2. Gill scored his third century in the fourth match and became the first player to do so in IPL.
Along with the century innings against Mumbai, Shubman has also captured the Orange Cap. This season he has scored 851 runs in 16 matches. He is also close to breaking Virat Kohli's all-time record. Virat holds the record for scoring the most 973 runs in an IPL season.
made the best score of the playoffs
Gill team Gujarat Titans came into Qualifier-2 after losing in Qualifier-1 against CSK on 23 May. Mumbai won the toss and chose bowling and Shubman proved his decision wrong. He scored a century in just 49 balls and got out after playing an innings of 129 runs in the 17th over. On the basis of his innings, Gujarat scored a huge score of 233 runs, which proved to be huge for Mumbai.
With his 129 off 60 balls, Gill scored the highest individual score in the IPL playoffs. Before him, Virender Sehwag of Punjab Kings scored 122 against CSK in 2014. His team's 233 runs are also the highest score in the playoffs. Punjab had made a record of 226 runs in 2014.
Hit 10 sixes, added 138 runs with Sudarshan
Shubman Gill hit 7 fours and 10 sixes in his innings of 129 runs. No batter had hit so many sixes before in the playoffs. Before him, this record was in the name of Wriddhiman Saha, who hit 8 sixes against KKR in the 2014 final. In the century innings, he shared a 138-run partnership with Sai Sudarshan, which is the third highest partnership in the playoffs.
18 boundaries away from breaking Butler record
Gill has hit 78 fours and 33 sixes this season. He has 851 runs in 16 matches and will win the Orange Cap this season as second placed Faf du Plessis' team is out of the finals. On the other hand, CSK's best batsman Devon Conway has only 625 runs this season, so he will have to score 227 runs to leave behind Gill, which does not seem possible in one match.
Gill has also hit a total of 111 boundaries this season including fours and sixes. The record of most boundaries in an IPL season is in the name of Jos Buttler, he hit 128 boundaries in 2022. Gill can leave this record behind by hitting 18 boundaries in the final.
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