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A unique record in the name of Shubman Gill, the first batsman in cricket history to do so

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Shubman Gill is playing for Gujarat Titans in IPL 2023. He scored his first IPL century in the tournament on 15 May against Hyderabad. With this century, Gill achieved a special and unique record and became the first batsman in the history of cricket to do so. Gill has scored centuries in all three formats of international cricket this year (2023) and also in IPL.

He holds this record

He scored an inning of 101 runs in 58 balls with the help of 13 fours and 1 six while playing against Hyderabad at the Narendra Modi Stadium. With this century, Gill became the first cricketer to score centuries in IPL with all three international formats in a calendar year.

Gill scored his first century of 2023 in an ODI against Sri Lanka on 15 January. He played an inning of 116 runs in 97 balls. Just three days later, on 18 January, he scored 208 runs from 149 balls in an ODI against New Zealand. He then scored another century against New Zealand on 24 January.

Scored first century in T20 this year

Gill then scored his maiden T20 International century (1 February) in the T20 series against New Zealand. He scored an inning of 126* in 63 balls while batting at a strike rate of 200. His innings included 12 fours and 7 sixes.

Border scored a century in the Gavaskar Trophy

He scored an inning of 128 runs in the last match of Warder Gavaskar Trophy played against Australia. The match was played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In this way Gill scored a century in 2023 in all four formats including IPL.