'He is here to take over the legacy' - Twitter salutes Shubman Gill as he becomes fifth Indian to score ODI double century

Just another day and just another Indian batter scoring a sensational ODI double century and the name is none other than the Fazilka-born batting sensation Shubman Gill.  The 23-year-old smashed a swashbuckling knock of 208 runs off just 149 balls with 19 boundaries and nine massive sixes in the first of the three-match ODI series against New Zealand.

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With this amazing double century, Gill has also become the youngest batter ever to score an ODI double century. He achieved this feat only at the age of 23 years and 132 days. Apart from that, it was the second consecutive triple-figure knock by Shubman in ODI cricket. He smashed the last century in the third and last of the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka.

The Indian cricket fans also went ecstatic and awestruck following this historic achievement of a young Punjabi lad. They took to Twitter and lavished praises on him, the fans went on to the extent of saying that Gill is the perfect fit to take over the legacy of former legendary Indian batter Sachin Tendulkar.

Here’s how Twitter saluted Shubman Gill for his historic double Ton:

DIL DIL SHUBMAN GILL! 🙌🏽 #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/DWbEVE8Fhy

— Pravin Vishnoi (@PravinVishnoi11) January 18, 2023

Congratulations Gill ur the legend of the indian young team

— akamba chiranjeevi (@akambachiranje) January 18, 2023

3rd ODI hundred for Shubman Gill, he continues to dominate the ODI format, averaging more than 65.



He is here to take over the legacy. pic.twitter.com/S6e6C3SKYD

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) January 18, 2023

Congratulations 👏🎉💐💐💐 gill

— Prajapat Sher (@PrajapatSher11) January 18, 2023

Indian World Cup team should be build around 3S. Surya, Shubman & Sanju.

— Jaish-e-Ram (@LOLPramukh) January 18, 2023

GT blood❤️❤️❤️ WOW

— Mittansh Panwar (@Mittansh_op) January 18, 2023

ICYMI - 𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏. 𝘼. 𝙆𝙉𝙊𝘾𝙆! 💪 💪

That celebration says it ALL 👌 👌



Follow the match 👉 https://t.co/IQq47h2W47 #TeamIndia | #INDvNZ | @ShubmanGill pic.twitter.com/OSwcj0t1sd

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 18, 2023

Well played champ 🏆

— Bikash Yadav (@msdianbikash7) January 18, 2023

Good batting @ShubmanGill

We love you all the best for your future

— prasad (@aamanchi) January 18, 2023

https://t.co/w8X6e0W566

— राणसिंह राजपुरोहित 🙏मेरा पीएम,मेरा अभिमान 🙏 (@ransinghBJP) January 18, 2023

शुभम् गील की क्रिकेट को देखकर ऐसा लगता है कि आने वाले विराट कोहली है

— Santosh Singh (@Santosh74536729) January 18, 2023

First entry into India's XI for 2023 WC is locked in 🔒

— Arnomic (@ArnologicB3ats) January 18, 2023

Speaking of the match so far, India has posted a total of 349 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Apart from Gill’s double century, skipper Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav played the knocks of 34 and 31 runs respectively. Later on, Hardik Pandya also contributed with a quick but crucial knock of 28 runs with three boundaries.

Daryl Mitchell and Henry Shipley scalped two wickets each for the visitors. Whereas the trio of Blair Tickner, Lockie Ferguson, and Mitchell Santner also claimed a wicket each.

Now, Tom Latham’s men require 350 runs in 50 overs to win the match against the Indian bowling attack comprising the pace trio of Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, and Shardul Thakur.