[PICTURES/VIDEOS] Is Shubman Gill the best young cricketer in the world today?

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Gill and jaiswal are the next 2 star batters

 

[saimayubera]

Another ODI century for Gill bhai.

The #1 ODI batter in the world ya’ll

Better than anything by Ghanta

 

[jnaveen1980]

Other than the fact he slowed down a touch for his 50 it was a brilliant knock. Also his shots were authoritative.

 

[Slim]

Great prediction @Slim

Guess i should stick to making non pakistan predictions because Pakistan team would always make sure to prove me wrong!

 

[Bhaijaan]

Good luck against Pakistan bro

 

[jnaveen1980]

That six... just wow. I rewatched a few times. Minimal movement. Just timed it for a 98 meter six

 

[Bhaijaan]

Fewest innings to eight ODI 100s for India
51 S Gill
57 S Dhawan
68 V Kohli
98 G Gambhir
111 S Tendulkar

 

[Hitman]

He has disappointed me big time in Test cricket so far, the format I truly adore the most. Can't complaint about him in ODI cricket though. Still early days for him keeping in mind his age.​

 

[jnaveen1980]

He has disappointed me big time in Test cricket so far, the format I truly adore the most. Can't complaint about him in ODI cricket though. Still early says for him keeping in mind his age.​

He looked at ease in the pink ball test in both innings. Then he threw his wicket away.

 

[Hitman]

He looked at ease in the pink ball test in both innings. Then he threw his wicket away.

A Test batting average of 35 after 59 innings is pathetic by any standards.

 

[jnaveen1980]

A Test batting average of 35 after 59 innings is pathetic by any standards.

He struggles to switch between formats. Plays far away from the body just like he does in ODIs. He himself highlighted that in the interview about how to curb certain instincts. He is aware of his weakness there. But he still has to work on his defensive technique against spin. Right now he commits too much on the frontfoot

 

[Bhaijaan]

That six... just wow. I rewatched a few times. Minimal movement. Just timed it for a 98 meter six

Punjab da Puttar hae

 

[Bhaijaan]

A Test batting average of 35 after 59 innings is pathetic by any standards.

No excuses from my side either.

He needs a few test series vs mediocre teams on flat pitches to smash some double hundreds and get that average in mid 40s.

Let’s be honest, everyone did that back in the day.

Sangakkara was bullying Bangladesh and Zimbabwe for years before he finally managed some runs abroad against tough teams.

 

[Varun]

Shows how easy ODIs/T20s are these days, if Gill and Rahul are superheroes in these formats.

 

[Hellion]

It's his best format.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Shows how easy ODIs/T20s are these days, if Gill and Rahul are superheroes in these formats.

Rahul? When did that happen? lol

 

[Varun]

Rahul? When did that happen? lol

Averages 48, strikes at 87.

Makes him better than Sachin Tendulkar, but we know the reality.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Shows how easy ODIs/T20s are these days, if Gill and Rahul are superheroes in these formats.

Very easy format for batters actually.

Just for fun all this.
We have double centurions in this format who are not getting picked lol

 

[Hitman]

Averages 48, strikes at 87.

Makes him better than Sachin Tendulkar, but we know the reality.

The 2 new ball era is a joke.

 

[Varun]

The 2 new ball era is a joke.

Why can't the ICC roll back this rule, along with the no-ball/free-hit stuff?

Make ODIs great again.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Averages 48, strikes at 87.

Makes him better than Sachin Tendulkar, but we know the reality.

Yea. Mostly minnow bashing or low strike rate useless runs.

 

[Hitman]

Why can't the ICC roll back this rule, along with the no-ball/free-hit stuff?

Make ODIs great again.

The ship has sailed long ago. They used the ODI format to test and try things, and in the process have ruined it. The disaster started with preparing flat pitches for ODI cricket all around the world removing any home advantage, and the list goes on.​

 

[jnaveen1980]

The ship has sailed long ago. They used the ODI format to test and try things, and in the process have ruined it. The disaster started with preparing flat pitches for ODI cricket all around the world removing any home advantage, and the list goes on.​

Srilanka is sort of an exception. Batting second is near impossible as we and Australia found out.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Speaking to Sanjana Ganesan on The ICC Review podcast, Ponting heaped praise on the 25-year-old, he said:

“He thoroughly deserves to be the number one ranked batsman in the world at the moment and it's a great sign for India that he's got his account underway early in the first game of a Champions Trophy,

“He's been a very, very good international player for a number of years,”

“He hasn't sort of transferred that over into Test Match cricket yet, but his white ball cricket over the last three or four years has been outstanding. Look, he's a big game player as well. He's played really well in IPLs over the last couple of years, obviously being captain of his franchise there.”

“I just think that the white ball game really suits his style of play,”

“One day cricket, he can come out and be nice and aggressive early on in the power play with the field up, get some boundaries away early by playing good, naturally aggressive cricketing shots.

“He's not a big hitter, he's not anyone that goes out there and tries to do anything outside of the way that he can naturally play. He just scores, he scores boundaries almost at will against fast bowling, against the white ball.”

“He just seems like a really nice character. A really softly spoken guy, very driven for what he wants to achieve in the game,”

“We've had a chance to catch up over the last couple of years, particularly around the IPL season. I just like his demeanor. He seems like just a very driven guy that wants to be the best that he possibly can with batting and also as far as leadership's concerned.”

 

[AMSS]

Brook and Jaiswal are both better than Gill.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Gill has been in good form in ODIs. his other format performance is poor