Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez said Shubman Gill is taking Virat Kohli’s legacy forward after he hit 101* off 129 vs Bangladesh in the Champions Trophy.
On the eve of India’s Champions Trophy 2025 opener against Bangladesh, captain Rohit Sharma said his deputy, Shubman Gill’s ODI numbers “are crazy” and it was one of the primary reasons why he was elevated to the vice-captain’s role in this format. Rohit was spot on.
Gill may have found it hard in Test cricket and was outscored in T20Is by other openers, but in ODIs, he is a beast, much like Virat Kohli or, dare we say, even better, at least based on the start he has got in 50-over cricket.
In his maiden Champions Trophy appearance, Shubman Gill scored an unbeaten 101 of 129 balls to get India off to a winning start in a Group A match against Bangladesh in Dubai. Gill’s knock helped India chase down 229 in 46.3 overs with six wickets in hand.
It took him just 51 innings to score 8 ODI centuries. That is the fastest among all India batters. Six fewer than Shikhar Dhawan, 17 fewer than Virat Kohli and 47 fewer than Sachin Tendulkar. It is safe to state that Gill’s limitless talent has found wings in ODIs. And former Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez is the right man to take Kohli’s legacy forward.
‘Shubman Gill trying to take Virat Kohli’s legacy forward’ For the past three years, since Shubman Gill came to this Indian side, he has been trying to be the next Virat Kohli. He is trying to take that legacy forward,” Mohammad Hafeez said on “Game On Hai.”
