IPL 2024: What unique record has Shubman Gill broken during RR vs GT clash to surpass Virat Kohli and Sanju Samson?

Shubman Gill on Wednesday scored a sublime 72 of just 44 balls to help Gujarat Titans (GT) beat Rajasthan Royals (RR) by three wickets in a close encounter. The 24-year-old during his innings also became the youngest player in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to go past 3000 runs surpassing Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) premium batter Virat Kohli and RR captain Sanju Samson.

In addition to becoming the youngest to 3000 runs, Gill also became the fourth quickest in terms of innings to reach the mark equalling David Warner and Faf du Plessis’s record.

The youngster has already played a couple of crucial knocks in the tournament for Titans and is in contention for an orange cap as he scored 255 runs at an average of 51 and a strike rate of 151.79 and is behind Kohli and Riyan Parag (RR) in the race for the orange cap.

Gill also had a blistering season in 2023 scoring 890 runs which included three centuries.

Gavaskar praises Gill’s knock against RR

While Gill was looking in good form playing his trademark crisp shots through off-side and down the ground he did not have much of support from the other end. “I am very impressed with Shubman Gill because, again, he was not getting the kind of support that he would have wanted at the other end. You want somebody to be there to build a partnership. At the start of the innings, if you have a bit of a partnership, it eases quite a bit of your problems.” Sunil Gavaskar would observe on Star Sports.

However, the GT skipper on the night would keep his composure and keep the GT in the game till the final overs post which Rashid Khan and Rahul Tewatia would take care of the rest of the task in the final overs by making the unthinkable possible and hand RR their first loss of the season after four matches.

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