Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill produced an impressive batting show on Friday evening, as he smashed 129 off simply 60 deliveries to steer the facet to a 62-run win over Mumbai Indians in IPL 2023 Qualifier 2. The win secured Titans a spot within the ultimate of the 2023 Indian Premier League, the place they are going to tackle the Chennai Super Kings. The younger opener smashed 10 sixes and 7 fours en path to the record-breaking knock in Ahmedabad – Gill’s 129 is now the very best particular person rating in IPL playoffs historical past.

Gill smashed the MI bowlers throughout the park in a stunning show strokeplay; he hit Akash Madhwal for 3 sixes in an over that – in his personal phrases – set him up for a giant rating within the sport. However, there was one shot within the seventeenth over of the innings in opposition to Cameron Green that left even Rohit Sharma completely surprised, as he appeared visibly dumbstruck.

As Green bowled a short-pitched supply, Gill charged down the observe and performed an virtually tennis forehand-like slap shot over deep midwicket for a loopy six, leaving even the on-air commentators Ian Bishop and Sunil Gavaskar bewildered. The latter termed it a “tennis” shot, saying, “It’s a parallel six! It’s almost like a tennis shot!”

“Oh glorious, my goodness,” exclaimed Bishop seeing Gill’s breathtaking shot

VIDEO: Shubman Gill’s tennis forehand-like slap shot leaves Rohit dumbfounded; Gavaskar, Bishop in absolute awe

This was Gill’s third century within the 2023 season; en route his knock, he additionally crossed the 800-run mark on this yr’s version, changing into solely the third participant within the historical past of the match to take action (after Virat Kohli and Jos Buttler). Justifiably, Gill is at the moment the very best run-scorer in IPL 2023, and is more likely to finish the season with the Orange Cap. The closest to him among the many remaining groups within the season is Devon Conway of the Chennai Super Kings, who has 625 runs to his title to this point.

Gill was finally dismissed within the seventeenth over of the innings by Madhwal, and walked off to a standing ovation from the followers, in addition to the Titans dugout.

The ultimate of the version takes place on May 28, when the Titans will probably be aiming to settle scores with the Super Kings; MS Dhoni’s males had registered a 15-run win over GT within the first qualifier earlier this week.