Shubman Gill's stellar performance leads India to victory with second straight ODI century, surpassing Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri noted on air that Shubman Gill's century in the ODI match was the slowest by an Indian since the 2019 World Cup. Despite taking 125 balls to reach the milestone, Shastri emphasized the importance of the innings in the overall context of the game. Gill's century ranks as the fourth-slowest by an Indian in the last 15 years in terms of balls faced. However, the achievement also made him the fastest Indian to reach eight ODI centuries, achieving the milestone in just 51 innings, surpassing the likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir, and Sachin Tendulkar.

Gill, India's vice-captain, became the seventh India batter to score a ton in the Champions Trophy after Dhawan, Sourav Ganguly, Mohammad Kaif, Rohit Sharma, Virender Sehwag and Tendulkar. It was also his maiden ton in an ICC tournament.

This was also the youngster's second consecutive hundred. He smashed 112 against England last week in Ahmedabad, a knock that saw him rise to the top of the ICC rankings for the first time since the 2023 ODI World Cup.

India make winning start

Neither team had it easy at the Dubai International Stadium, but Bangladesh fought after being reduced to 35 for five.

Towhid Hridoy notched up his maiden hundred and became Bangladesh's first centurion in an ICC tournament. He stitched a record 154-run stand for the sixth wicket alongside Jaker Ali as Bangladesh put on a respectable total of 228. For India, Mohammed Shami was the pick of the bowlers with his five-wicket haul.

Bangladesh then dented India with wickets after conceding a quick start. Rohit made an aggressive start as Gill took his time to settle down. Rishad troubled Virat Kohli and Axar Patel, while Mustafizur Rahman deceived Shreyas Iyer with a slower delivery. But KL Rahul and Gill negated the pressure sensibly to take India home.

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