The three-match ODI series between India and Afghanistan will start from June 13, in which Team India will take the field to play the series in this format after a long gap of about 5 months. Preparations for the ODI World Cup to be held in the year 2027 will also start with this series and in such a situation, the two biggest challenges for captain Shubman Gill are his own performance and team combination. Shubman Gill had a great performance with the bat in the Test match against Afghanistan, in which he managed to score a century, so he will try to continue the same form in the ODI series as well. Gill will have a chance to surpass Rahul Dravid in the list of players who have scored most centuries as Indian captain in the ODI series against Afghanistan.
Gill has to play only one century innings
At present, Shubman Gill jointly holds the position with Rahul Dravid in terms of playing century innings as a captain in international cricket for India, in which both of them have six century innings in their name. In such a situation, if Gill succeeds in playing a century in the ODI series, then he will leave Dravid behind and occupy the 7th position. Till now, all the centuries that Gill has scored as a captain in international cricket have been seen in the Test format, so he is going to have a chance to score his first century as a captain in the ODI format. In the ODI format, Shubman Gill has played 8 century innings so far, so he can leave KL Rahul behind by scoring one more century. If he plays two century innings in this ODI series, he will overtake MS Dhoni in the list of players who have scored most centuries for India.
Opportunity to surpass head coach in international cricket
So far, Shubhman Gill has batted in 171 innings while playing a total of 138 matches in all three formats in international cricket and has scored 6791 runs with his bat at an average of 44.97 and has seen 20 century innings with his bat. If Gill scores another century in the ODI series, he will leave behind the centuries scored by the current head coach of Team India. Gill will also have a chance to complete his figure of 7000 runs in international cricket, for which he needs only 209 runs.
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