Team India reached the top in ODIs, these players including Gill shone against New Zealand
India beat New Zealand by a huge margin of 90 runs in Indore, winning the series 3–0 and also grabbed the number one position in the ICC ODI rankings.
In the ICC rankings, India is number one with 114 points, while England is second with 113 points, Australia is third with 112 points and New Zealand is fourth with 111 points.
This victory was special in many ways. First of all, winning 3-0 against New Zealand was not an easy task. But in all these matches India won by a big margin.
New Zealand is the same team that also defeated India in the 2019 World Cup and lost to England in a thrilling final.
Before India, the New Zealand team was on a tour of Pakistan, where they defeated Babar Azam’s team 2-1 in 3 matches.
It is obvious that the Black Caps had come to India with great confidence, but the 3-0 defeat in ODIs also dented their spirits.
On the other hand, after defeating Sri Lanka 3-0, the Indian team defeated a strong Kiwi team.
Winning six consecutive matches at home has created a good streak for Team India and as experts often say that winning is a habit, Team India has tried to make the same habit.
With this kind of victory, the confidence of the team also increases for the World Cup to be held in India this year.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma also said that to win a tournament like World Cup you have to win 7-8 games, so in that sense this result has proved to be a good practice for India.
Shubman Gill’s Dhoom
The biggest gift for India in this series was the form of Shubman Gill. Gill has shown excellent form by scoring 3 centuries in the last 4 matches. He has made a new record for India by scoring 360 runs in 3 matches in the series.
His average in these three matches was 180, in which 208 runs in the first match contributed a lot. Former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson told that Gill’s batting shows tremendous timing and he does not just use strength.
Gill and Rohit Sharma complement each other, especially in the kind of shots they play and the areas in which they shoot.
But the best thing for Gill and the Indian team is that his strike rate is continuously getting better.
In this series, he has batted at a strike rate of 129, which very few players can maintain in ODI cricket.
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Indian captain Rohit Sharma had scored a half-century in the last match and has rested his bat by scoring a century in this match.
Rohit Sharma has scored 101 runs in 85 balls in Indore, which included 6 sixes and 9 fours.
This was his 30th century in ODIs and with this he has also equaled Ricky Ponting’s 30 centuries.
After the match, Rohit has said that this century is very important for him because he was batting well for a long time but was craving for a three-figure score.
During the commentary, Sanjay Manjrekar also praised Rohit and said that Rohit batted fast in his natural style, which is a good sign.
If you remove the batting of Gill and Rohit Sharma in the series, then no other top order batsman played a big innings.
The third highest scorer of the series in the team was Hardik Pandya who scored 82 runs in 2 innings.
Batsmen like Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav and Ishaan Kishan averaged 22 or less in this series, which you can call disappointing, because if Shubman Gill’s runs were removed from the Indian score, India might have lost all the matches.
Where Virat Kohli scored 2 centuries in the last series. At the same time, could score only 55 runs in 3 innings against the Kiwis.
Suryakumar Yadav’s highest score in the series was 31 while Ishaan Kishan scored a total of 30 runs in 3 innings.
By the way, these three batsmen have shown good form before this series, so the Indian team will hope that they will return soon amidst big scores.
