Team India easily won the third match of the three-match ODI series played between India and Afghanistan by 9 wickets. Along with this, the Indian team also managed to clean sweep this series. In the third match played in Chennai, Team India first bundled out Afghanistan’s innings at a score of 218 runs and then chased the target in 28.4 overs at the loss of just one wicket, in which Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a century. This is the first ODI series win of Team India under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. Gill’s form was also excellent in this series, for which he also got the title of Player of the Series and with that he also equaled Rohit Sharma.
Shubman Gill won Player of the Series award in ODI for the sixth time
In this three-match ODI series against Afghanistan, even though Shubman Gill did not get a chance to bat in the third match, his batting was impressive in the first two matches. While Gill played an unbeaten inning of 84 runs in the first ODI match played in Dharamshala, he scored an excellent century of 154 runs in the second ODI match. In both these matches, Gill was also successful in winning the Player of the Match award. Shubman Gill scored 238 runs at an average of 238 in this series, in which he also hit 33 fours and 4 sixes. Gill also received the Player of the Series award for his brilliant performance, which Gill has received for the sixth time in his ODI career. With this, Gill has become equal to Rohit in terms of winning the most Player of the Series awards for India in ODIs. In this list, Sachin Tendulkar is at number one in terms of winning the Player of Series award 15 times.
Players who have won the most Player of the Series awards for India in ODIs
- Sachin Tendulkar – 15 Player of the Series Awards
- Virat Kohli – 11 Player of the Series Awards
- Sourav Ganguly – 7 Player of the Series Awards
- Yuvraj Singh – 7 Player of the Series Awards
- MS Dhoni – 7 Player of the Series Awards
- Rohit Sharma – 6 Player of the Series Awards
- Shubman Gill – 6 Player of the Series Award
Now all eyes are on England tour
Keeping in mind the preparations for the ODI World Cup 2027, Team India has started their campaign very well, but now their real test will be in the three-match ODI series to be played on the tour of England in the month of July. Everyone’s eyes are going to be on how Shubman Gill performs with the bat on this tour and how Team India plays under his captaincy.
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