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1<\/span>\/11<\/p>\nIPL 2023: Shubman Gill’s record-breaking run<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n
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<p>Following his match-winning century for Gujarat Titans in their final IPL league stage match against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday, Shubman Gill broke more than one record. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<p>With his century, the 23-year-old Gill joined batters who have had an IPL season with 600-plus runs before turning 25. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<p>In the ongoing season, Gill has scored 680 runs at an average of 56.67 at a strike rate of 152.46. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<p>Gill has scored two centuries and four fifties this season, with the best score of 104*. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<p>Shaun Marsh was 24 when he scored 616 runs and emerged as the orange cap winner in the inaugural edition of the league in 2008. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<p>Rishabh Pant (684 runs in 2018 at the age of 20), Ruturaj Gaikwad (635 runs in 2021 at the age of 24), Yashasvi Jaiswal (625 runs in 2023 at age of 21) are also in the list. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<p>Gill also became the fourth batter to smash consecutive tons in a single IPL season. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<p>Virat Kohli hit consecutive tons in this season itself, with a century against Sunrisers Hyderabad and GT. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<p>Shikhar Dhawan was the first player to score consecutive centuries in 2020. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<p>Jos Buttler capped off his impressive performance as he became the second batter to strike consecutive centuries in 2022. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
This up and coming bunch of batters, unlike Kohli\u2019s generation, have been entirely bred on a T20 diet. Kohli is the last of the generation that was raised in an environment where preserving your wicket was the bedrock of batting.
The Gills and Jaiswals, in their formative years, have spent equal amounts of time practicing range-hitting and strengthening techniques. The batting drills, fitness routines, strength training and analytical study are at a level that would be unfathomable 15 years ago. When Rahul Dravid went for his first U-19 World Cup as coach in 2016 claimed his mind was boggled by the power and ability to hit sixes of the youngsters. What we are seeing now is that the generational shift is getting a face.
Kohli is right that his T20 cricket isn\u2019t on the way. Browse through his records, there may be a few dents in the recent years, but they have never dipped. Along with Kohli, the likes of Rohit, Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan had all hit their peak in T20 cricket by 2016. The class-is-permanent adage will always hold true and they will turn up time and again to prove it. They are too good for lesser-than-international attacks. It\u2019s just that their best is falling short for their teams frequently.<\/p>\n
Indian T20 team has borne the influence of IPL<\/a> for some time now. Dinesh Karthik rode the wave last year and mid-way through the T20 World Cup the team management felt he wasn\u2019t up to the mark. Looking ahead to the T20 World Cup next year, the caretakers of Indian cricket have to take a call if they want to go with the steady or the fast-and-furious. They seemed to have taken the call with Hardik Pandya leading a team minus the stalwarts.<\/p>\n\n
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For the moment in T20 cricket, the younger boys are telling the stalwarts that they can do one better. For once, the stalwarts are playing catch up!<\/div>\n