23-year-old young Indian batsman Shubman Gill scored his second century in IPL 2023. Gill scored an unbeaten 104 off 52 balls against Royal Challengers Bangalore. He hit 5 fours and 8 sixes in the innings. With the defeat, RCB's dream of reaching the playoffs in the 16th season of the T20 league was shattered. Gill completed his century with a six. Earlier, he had scored 101 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad. With the help of Virat Kohli's unbeaten 101 runs in the match, RCB scored 197 runs for 5 wickets while playing first. In reply, Gujarat Titans achieved the target by losing 4 wickets in 19.1 overs.

This is the fourth century of Shubman Gill's overall T20 career. At the age of 23, he has become the first batsman in the world to score more than 50 runs in T20s 25 times. Gill has left behind even Pakistan captain Babar Azam. Earlier, Ahmed Shahzad and Babar Azam of Pakistan had done this feat 25 times at the age of 24. Apart from scoring a double century in ODIs, Gill has also scored a century in T20 Internationals.

Former Indian veteran Irfan Pathan wrote on social media on Shubman Gill's blistering batting against RCB that this player will score 10,000 runs in IPL. Century in the second consecutive match was brilliant. The team of Gujarat Titans topped the point table for the second consecutive season. He won 10 out of 14 matches in the league round. Apart from Gujarat, Chennai Super Kings, Lucknow Super Giants, and Mumbai Indians have made it to the playoffs. On May 23, Titans will clash with CSK in Qualifier-1. On the other hand, on May 24, the match between Mumbai and Lucknow will be played in the Eliminator.

Shubman Gill performed amazingly with the bat in IPL 2023 and he has entered the Orange Cap race. He has scored 680 runs in 14 matches at an average of 57. Has hit 2 centuries and 4 half-centuries. 104 not out is the best performance. He is second in terms of scoring the most runs. RCB captain Faf Duplesey is at number one with 730 runs, but he is out of the tournament. Gill has to play at least 2 more matches. In such a situation, he has a chance to reach the top.

If we look at Shubman Gill's overall T20 record, he has so far scored 3459 runs in 112 innings of 115 matches at an average of 37. Has scored 4 centuries and 21 half-centuries. Their Unbeaten 126 runs are his best performance. Apart from hitting more than 300 fours, he has also hit more than 100 sixes. He is also included in the list of special players who have scored centuries in all three formats of international cricket.
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