Tonight, against the West Indies National Cricket Team, the skipper and the opener of the India National Cricket Team secured a hundred, his tenth in the format, while the team was chasing a target of 296 at the Greenfield Stadium.
Shubman Gill completes his hundred with a delicate 4
He completed his hundred and the team's 200 with a graceful boundary off the West Indies fast bowler Jayden Seales. On the first ball of the 31st over of the second innings, Shubman Gill achieved the century in style.
Seales pitched the ball full on the off, which met the full face of the bat. Gill delicately smashed the ball down the ground. The fielder at mid-on tried to stop the ball with a diving effort, but it went past him to touch the boundary line.
Shubman Gill has maintained a fiery form since becoming the captain of the Indian cricket team in Tests and ODIs. For a batter, how young, the responsibility to captain a team like India was a massive deal. When the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) appointed him for the role, there were many doubts, which vanished within a few months.
In this match, 296 was the target to defeat West Indies. 296 as a target was not a joke, especially when the opposing team had multiple lethal bowlers across their departments; Gill himself could have lost his wicket early in the run chase when he was batting on only 11 runs. It is now hard, near impossible, to imagine what the scenario of the match would have been if Keemo Paul at the point region could have grabbed the ball properly to dismiss the opener inside the fifth over of the second innings.
That dropped catch changed the whole complexion of the match. On the way to the run chase, India lost one half of the opening pair in the form of Rohit Sharma, but that did not hold back Shubman Gill from scoring his tenth ODI hundred and his second in his last six ODI innings for India.
5th Fifty-Plus Score in Last 6 ODI Innings for Captain Shubman Gill
Fifty vs Afghanistan in the 1st ODI
Hundred vs Afghanistan in 2nd ODI
Fifty vs England in 1st ODI
Fifty vs England in the 3rd ODI
Fifty vs West Indies in 1st ODI
Cricket fans' reactions to Shubman Gill's century vs West Indies:
India in a Strong Position 🇮🇳
— Inspirexo (@Inspirexo) September 27, 2026
India 217/1 after 33 overs. Shubman Gill 109* and Virat Kohli 74*. India need just 79 runs from 17 overs to win the 1st ODI.#INDvWI #TeamIndia #ShubmanGill #ViratKohli
Meanwhile Shubman Gill 😅😅 pic.twitter.com/ymWalRDJRT
— Bugs Bunny 🐰 (@bunnyhumai) September 27, 2026
🔥 SHUBMAN GILL — 22 INTERNATIONAL HUNDREDS! 🇮🇳👑
— Akaran.A (@Akaran_1) September 27, 2026
🏏 11 hundreds in Tests
💯 10* hundreds in ODIs
⚡ 1 hundred in T20Is
22 INTERNATIONAL HUNDREDS AT JUST 27! 🔥🫡#ShubmanGill #TeamIndia #Cricket #ODI #TestCricket #CricketX pic.twitter.com/dG3Rn55LLo
Supreme. Sublime. Sensational. 🗿
— Nyetsot 𝕏 (@nyetsot) September 27, 2026
Simply second to none. 10th ODI 💯 for Shubman Gill. Whatta talent !#INDvsWI pic.twitter.com/aZ5cpJRIJc
A century from the captain 💯
— Monu Singh jadoun ( Trader ) (@monujadoun69490) September 27, 2026
Shubman Gill is steering India's chase in the first ODI against West Indies 🙌#TeamIndia | #INDvWI | #BCCI @ShubmanGill pic.twitter.com/Q8O2aO0EC8
He is pure fire shubman Gill 🔥
— Buntyy Bagga (@bagga_buntyy1) September 27, 2026
