Shubman Gill slams maiden ton for Glamorgan in opposition to Sussex | Cricket Information

MUMBAI: India batsman Shubman Gill slammed his maiden County Championship ton (119, 139b, 16×4, 2×6) for Glamorgan, in opposition to Sussex, on Tuesday at Hove. Unbeaten on 91 off 102 balls at stumps on Day 1, Gill reached his century off 123 balls, earlier than he mistimed a lofted shot over mid-wicket and was ultimately caught by Sean Hunt off off-spinner Jack Carson.
Each the 23-year-old’s two sixes – a ramp shot over slips off Pakistan pacer Faheem Ashraf, and an excellent pickup shot off pacer Bradley Currie over mid-wicket -were elegant pictures. It was Gill’s eighth century in his thirty eighth First-Class recreation. Glamorgan shared a video on twitter of Gill reaching his century, captioning it: “Century!!! Shubman Gill makes a maiden Glamorgan century. 123 balls, 12 fours, 2 sixes. Properly batted, Shubman.”

Whereas Gill, who is ready to be picked for India’s upcoming residence three-match ODI sequence in opposition to South Africa, top-scored with 119, wicketkeeper Chris Cooke was batting on 80, skipper David Lloyd hit a 64-ball 56, as Glamorgan reached 221 for 3 on Day 1 and have been 410 for 7 on Day 2 on the time of scripting this.
Earlier this month, Gill scored 92 off 148 balls on his English county debut in opposition to Worcestershire at Cardiff, earlier than getting 22 & 11 in opposition to Middlesex at Lord’s. In a terrific First-Cass profession to this point, Gill has scored 3121 runs in 38 video games, averaging greater than 50, with 8 centuries and 15 fifties on this tally.
The Punjab teen is barely the third Indian to play for Glamorgan, in addition to former India head coach Ravi Shastri (1987-91) and present BCCI president Sourav Ganguly (2005). He’s amongst the 8 Indian cricketers participating within the English home season this time.
Gill has been in great kind this 12 months, having averaged over 100 and received Participant of the Collection awards in opposition to each West Indies and Zimbabwe (245 runs in 3 innings at Harare, together with an unbeaten 130, his maiden ODI century) in successive sequence. He stroked 483 runs in 16 video games for Gujarat Titans in IPL-2022.