Gill scored a delightful 269 in 387 balls, with 30 fours and three sixes, scoring at a strike rate of 69.51, tiring out bowlers and statisticians alike with each stroke.
Following his match-winning double century in the first ODI against New Zealand, rising India batter Shubman Gill said he was not thinking of scoring a double century initially but the sixes he hit in the 47th over made him feel that he could score one.
In the match, Gill scored 208 in just 149 balls. His knock was decorated with 19 fours and nine sixes. His strike rate during the inning was 139.60. Gill, at the age of 23 years and 132 days old, is the youngest double centurion in the history of ODI cricket. He has overtaken compatriot I