Shubman Gill created history, he became the second Indian player to achieve this feat in IPL

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Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill, who is in excellent form in this season of IPL, could not play a big inning against Chennai Super Kings in the first Qualifier-1 match played yesterday. But during his innings of 42 off 38 balls, he achieved a feat that only Virat Kohli had achieved before him in the tournament’s nearly 15-year history. Shubman Gill has completed his seven hundred runs in the current edition. This is a figure that no Indian batsman has been able to touch so far except Kohli. At the end of yesterday’s match, Gill has scored 722 runs in 15 matches. He averages 60.16, including two centuries and four fifties. Before Gill, only 4 batsmen have reached the 700 mark.

1. Virat Kohli (2016)

Virat Kohli holds the record for scoring the most runs in a season in history. In the year 2016, Kohli scored 973 runs in 16 matches. He also scored four centuries in that season, which is a record in itself. No other batsman has been able to bat so strongly in the IPL so far.

2. Jos Buttler (2022)

Jos Buttler is at number two in this matter. Last year he scored 863 runs in IPL. Butler has given Rajasthan excellent starts in almost every match. Butler scored four centuries and four half-centuries to reach this figure. His average was 57.53.

3. David Warner (2016)

David Warner is the batsman to win the most Orange Cap in all the seasons of IPL. Warner has achieved this feat thrice (2015, 2017 and 2019). After this, Chris Gayle won the Orange Cap for two consecutive years. In the year 2016, Warner scored 848 runs in 17 matches.

4. Kane Williamson (2018)

In this case, Kane Williamson is at number four. In the year 2018, Williamson scored 735 runs in 17 matches. He scored three consecutive half-centuries this season. After this, he also took Hyderabad to the final under his captaincy, but the team could not win the title.