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Shubman Gill celebrates after hitting century against Bangladesh in Champions Trophy 2025 game (File Photo: X)
Star India batter and vice-captain Shubman Gill continued his purple patch with the bat, smashing a match-winning century in India’s campaign opener against Bangladesh in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. He scored an unbeaten 101 runs off 129 balls, with nine fours and two sixes. He also won the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his decisive knock in India’s favour.
Notably, it is the second consecutive ODI century for Gill since he scored a century against England in the third and last ODI of the three-match series in India. He also won the ‘Player of the Series’ award for his amazing batting in the ODI series against England.
In the same line of events, former India batter and now commentator Aakash Chopra heaped massive praises on Shubman Gill for his sensational knock against Bangladesh.
"We call him prince but he is no lesser than the king" - Aakash Chopra
He also praised Gill for understanding the ODI template perfectly and executing it in the right manner when the team needed it the most.
“Was this Gill's best ODI innings? This was his eighth century but his first in an ICC event, and ICC centuries are different because the pressure is different. I think this is his best ODI hundred, although he has scored a double century as well,” said Aakash Chopra in a video on his YouTube channel.
“We call him prince but he is no lesser than the king. He understands the template of ODI cricket so well. ODI cricket doesn't happen that much. However, if he plays say 250 matches, he will finish as one of the greatest ODI batters ever. This century was definitely the best of his career. Considering the potential he has, especially from the ODI cricket perspective, the sky is the limit,” he added later.
Gill has established himself as one of the important pillars of the Indian batting lineup, especially in ODI cricket. He had scored 259 runs in three innings, with an average of 86.33, hitting two half-centuries and a century in the three-match ODI series against England in India.