Shubman Gill hits century against Pakistan, Twitterati want him as captain of KKR!

India put up a score of 273 for Pakistan to target and Pakistan, as we speak, are already struggling at 35 for 4 in 16 overs

By: Ankit Banerjee |
January 30, 2018 11:57 am

Kolkata Knight Riders new U-19 recruit Shubman Gill smashed a century against Pakistan in the ongoing U-19 Cricket World Cup semi-finals against Pakistan. That surely was a testament to why the Knight Riders have invested Rs 1.8 Cr for the young Turk. 18-year-old Gill brought up his century off the penultimate ball of the Indian innings and remained unbeaten on 102* off 94 balls. His innings comprised of 7 boundaries. It seems the young Punjabi is ticking the right boxes at a very early age. Suresh Raina and others from the cricket fraternity were quick to congratulate the youngster for his brilliant ton as they took to Twitter to express it.

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Here are few Twitter reactions:

Pakistan at the World Cup… __#INDvPAK #ICCU19WorldCup #U19WC pic.twitter.com/e2a6ZmARD1

— OmkarTheMentor (@omkarmuravane) January 30, 2018

This is what india did to pakistan#IndVPak #ICCU19WorldCup pic.twitter.com/qLSYgCKbWS

— Spidey _ (@indianspidey1) January 30, 2018

How impressive is Shubman Gill. Brilliant _ on the biggest stage of them all. India well on course _ #WCU19 #IndVsPak

— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) January 30, 2018

Top knock #ShubmanGill great batting brother ____loved the temperament of yours !! #under19worldcup #indpak19 @ICC pic.twitter.com/cTxxoZQNAs

— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) January 30, 2018

How lovely is this to see. Five Pakistan players run up to shake hands with Shubman Gill after his century. #ICCU19CWC

— Shashank Kishore (@captainshanky) January 30, 2018

What a 100 from Shubman Gill.Played with a lot of maturity and responsibility.272 is a good score. Now the onus is on the bowlers. #IndvPak #under19worldcup

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) January 30, 2018

Shubman Gill looks like a very classy batsman. A touch of Inzamam-ul-Haq about him – so much time to play his shots #U19CWC #FutureStars

— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) January 29, 2018

Shubman Gill could be the next big thing in Indian cricket. What a super century against Pakistan in a big game.. Think we have enough to win this one! #INDvsPAK

— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) January 30, 2018

Ishan Porel leading India to the world cup final after Shubman Gill scored a heroic 100. Super stuff. #IndvPak #U19CWC

— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) January 30, 2018

Shubman Gill’s 102 not out is the first ever century in India-Pakistan contests in the U19 World Cups. Previous highest: 85* by Salman Butt at Lincoln in 2002. #U19CWC

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) January 30, 2018

Have a feeling, will see few more of these knocks in blue from Shubman Gill in the future. Well done young man #U19CWC https://t.co/wqzS2nLCVK

— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7) January 30, 2018

#ShubmanGill for Arjun Award.#IndvPak #U19CWC

— Monica (@monicas004) January 30, 2018

Shubman Gill hits a fantastic century. Quite a responsible knock this. At this age he has tremendous game awareness–rotates the strike well & hits big shots at will.
This is India’s 1st _ in the tournament and Gill’s 4th in Youth ODIs
A star in the making#U19CWC #INDvPAK

— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) January 30, 2018

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Earlier, India put up a score of 273 for Pakistan to target and as we speak, Pakistan are already struggling at 35 for 4 in 16 overs.