An impactful double century by Shubman Gill in the first ODI against New Zealand has made the whole world his fan. With this, he became the youngest-ever player to score a double ton in ODIs, breaking Ishan’s record, which was created just a few months back.
Moments after the big knock, which led Team India to a rather narrow victory after Michael Bracewell’s powerful 140-run knock, an old tweet of Rohit on Gill is resurfacing on the social media platforms and it couldn’t have been more perfect.
Gill had taken to Twitter to wish Rohit his 33rd birthday. He had written, “Well no one does pull shots better than the #Hitman Happy Birthday! @ImRo45.”
Rohit replied, saying, “Thanks future.”
Thanks future 😉 https://t.co/2tTUkuDr50
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) May 1, 2020
Rohit, however, had his views on Gill’s knock which he mentioned during their discussion on BCCI.tv.
“The way you constructed your innings was superb to watch because on the other side we were losing wickets at regular intervals. It is not easy for a set batsman to continue batting in a similar fashion with wickets falling on the other end,” Rohit said to Gill in a video posted by BCCI. “Our next best score is 34 after your 208, and that tells you a lot how well you batted,” he added.