Former Indian opening batter and commentator Aakash Chopra has predicted that the Indian skipper Shubman Gill can score 50-60 centuries only in the 50-over format, thanks to his exceptional consistency.
Speaking on his YouTube channel, Chopra termed Gill a Prince, but he has the hunger of a King inside him. Notably, Chopra’s comments came after his unbeaten 233 in the second ODI against the West Indies in Guwahati.
“It is also possible that he could score 50 or 60 centuries because he is scoring runs with such regularity, and he has that hunger inside him. He is the Prince, but he has the hunger of a King inside him. That appetite is there. He was kicking himself even after getting out in the last match. He got out after scoring a 100. Here he scored 200, and he is still running,” Chopra said on his YouTube channel.
“No one even talks about his fitness yet. I think he is underrated. Because if you have that kind of match fitness, where you celebrate by jumping after scoring 200 and then you actually finish the game, walking off not out. I mean, this is incredible stuff. So, the number one batter in the world, the ODI batter in the world, and he has batted like the number one,” he added.
Further, Chopra asserted that if Gill plays 300 to 350 matches, he could also reach the 15,000-run mark. Notably, Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli are the two batters to reach the landmark so far in ODIs.
“You really have to pause and take a break. And you have to pinch yourself to realize that he has only played 68 innings. In 68 innings, if he has already scored 11 centuries, including double centuries, and 20 half-centuries, meaning every second innings he is scoring a 50 or more. These are unreal numbers. They are unreal numbers. And then you have to be very honest that if this guy’s era also had as much ODI cricket as it used to have before, if he also plays 300 to 350 matches, then he will also reach 15,000 runs,” Chopra concluded.
