Gill is the third overall fastest cricketer to reach the milestone after Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq.
Dropped on 45, the opener went on to score his first double century in ODIs in 145 balls. While Zaman took 18 innings to reach the 1,000 runs mark, Imam took 19, as many as Gill. Both Kohli and Dhawan had taken 24 innings to reach the milestone, five more than Shubhman Gill who achieved the feat in 19 innings.
Shubman Gill continued his fine run in ODI cricket as the Indian batter became the joint-second fastest batter to get to 1000 runs in the format.
Sharma perished for 34 runs and Virat Kohli also failed to make an impact on the day. The 23-year-old looked in fine form on Wednesday as he played some delightful shots after starting cautiously. Gill got to the landmark in 19 matches.
Gill, crossed the mark when he reached 106, in his 19th innings. Gill overtook Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan (24 innings) to become the fastest Indian and ...
Shubman Gill also became the youngest Indian to score 150 plus in a One-day International. Shubman Gill becomes the youngest ever to score an ODI double-century. South Africaโs Janneman Malan holds the record in just seven innings.
Gill, who made his ODI debut in January 2019, also became the joint second-fastest to 1000 runs in terms of innings alongside Imam Ul Haq of Pakistan.
It has taken close to four years but India batter Shubman Gill has officially announced his arrival in ODI cricket by becoming the joint second-fastest ...
Both Imam and Gill are only behind another Pakistan batter in Fakhar Zaman in this prestigious list. Not looking to give away another start in international start, Gill thrived in spite of wickets falling at the other end. In the same over, Gill slogged the off-spinner to reach the 50-run mark.
The 23-year-old scripted history when he started the match with 106 runs short of the 1000-run mark and went on to smasha sublime century.
[Virat Kohli](/panache/panache-people-101/virat-kohli/profileshow/82068473.cms)and [Shikhar Dhawan](/topic/shikhar-dhawan)'s record of 1000 ODI runs was broken by Gill with the blistering innings. The 23-year-old began the match at 106 runs short of the 1000-run mark and he smashed a sublime century. [Shubham Gill](/topic/shubham-gill)scripted history as he crossed the 1000 ODI runs mark in [India](/topic/india)'s first match against [New Zealand](/topic/new-zealand)of the 3-match series.