AHMEDABAD: The best thing about watching Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill bat is he makes batting looks simple and pleasing to the eye. Seldom does his innings include any agricultural hoicks, as he again demonstrated during a well-made century against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL on Monday.
Hitting 13 exquisitely-timed boundaries, including two sublime straight drives, and a six in his 101 off 58 balls, Gill guided the defending champions to 188/9 despite a wobble in the death overs.
The dominance provided by Gill was sustained by new-ball bowlers Mohammed Shami (4/21) and Yash Dayal when the Titans bowled. Together they took four wickets in the powerplay to reduce SRH to 45/4 before Mohit Sharma (4/28) got into the act and took three wickets in his first spell.
