'Shubman Gill has been majestic': Twitter hails India opener after century vs Sri Lanka at Thiruvananthapuram

Shubman Gill scored a sensational ton in the third ODI between India and Sri Lanka on Sunday to strengthen his case as a regular opener in the 50-over format. Gill slammed 116 off 97 in the match at Thiruvananthapuram and his innings included 14 fours and two sixes.

With his second ODI century, Gill also sent a message to his critics who had lambasted the Team India management for picking the 23-year-old as Rohit Sharma’s partner for the series instead of Ishan Kishan.

Ahead of the series, captain Rohit had declared that Gill will be his opening partner and not Kishan who had slammed the world’s fastest double century in ODI in December against Bangladesh.

“Both openers (Gill and Kishan) have done really well. But looking at how both have gone through, I think it is fair that we give Gill a chance to have a fair run because in the last games Gill got a lot of runs as well. I am not going to take anything from Ishan. He has been wonderful for us. He got a double hundred and I know what it takes to get a double hundred, it is a great achievement. But just to be honest and be fair to the guys, who have done really well before that we need to give those guys enough chances as well,” Rohit had told the reporters.

Here’s how Twitter reacted to Gill’s sublime hundred in the third match:

Well played @ShubmanGill hopefully goes on to make a