Shubman Gill performed a knock for the ages as Gujarat Titans hammered Mumbai Indians by 62 runs to succeed in the ultimate of the Indian Premier League for the second time in as many seasons. Gill led GT’s cost with a 60-ball 129, smashing seven fours and 10 sixes to take his staff to a mammoth whole of 233/3 in IPL 2023 Qualifier 2. Courtesy of his knock, the 23-year-old grew to become the main batsman this season with 851 runs, surpassing Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis (730), earlier than he reached his IPL finest and the highest rating of this season.

However, the spotlight of Gill’s knock got here throughout the fifteenth over when he hit dashed out a six off Cameron Green‘s supply.

On the fifth ball of the over, Gill negated Green’s brief ball by nonchalantly pulling him over in direction of the cow nook area.

“Oh glorious, my goodness,” former West Indies cricketer Ian Bishop was heard as saying on-air.

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Even MI captain Rohit Sharma was bemused by Gill’s effort.

Gill made essentially the most of a reprieve on 30 when Tim David dropped him off England quick bowler Chris Jordan.

He introduced up his fifty in 32 balls after which exploded to smash sixes and attain his hundred in 49 balls, taking a bow amid a standing ovation.

He lastly fell to Akash Madhwal and Sudharsan retired out earlier than skipper Hardik Pandya, who made an unbeaten 13-ball 28, and Rashid Khan completed the innings on a excessive with 19 runs within the last over.

Mohit Sharma took 5 wickets for Gujarat, who gained final yr’s crown in a fairytale debut season, after a valiant 61 by Suryakumar Yadav.

(With AFP Inputs)