The 26-year-old played a brilliant knock and helped his side get to 518\/5 in 134.2 overs before India declared the innings. Several former cricketers and pundits praised the Indian captain on social media for his 196-ball 129*, which included 16 fours and a couple of maximums.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Former India cricketer Irfan Pathan wrote on X, \u201cHe just keep scoring runs. @ShubmanGill has become run machine.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
On the micro-blogging platform, cricketer turned commentator Aakash Chopra wrote, \u201cGill joins Sir Don Bradman and Sunny G for scoring 5 centuries in the first 7 Tests as a captain. The hunger is insatiable.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meanwhile, former India bowler Mohammad Kaif penned, \u201cIndia is always blessed to have a solid world class batsman at No. 4. Shubman Gill continuing a great tradition.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Deep Dasgupta stated, \u201cThe Shubman juggernaut rolls on!\u201d Cricket commentator and pundit Harsha Bhogle put out a simple tweet, just like Gill\u2019s century, and wrote, \u201cUntroubled and inevitable. Another Shubman Gill century.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen also joined the bandwagon and mentioned KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal in his post as he wrote, \u201cGill, Yash, KL 100s. Life is good!\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Deep Dasgupta stated, \u201cThe Shubman juggernaut rolls on!\u201d Cricket commentator and pundit Harsha Bhogle put out a simple tweet, just like Gill\u2019s century, and wrote, \u201cUntroubled and inevitable. Another Shubman Gill century.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Nitish Kumar Reddy and wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel also contributed 43 and 44 runs, respectively, before Gill decided to bring in the visitors to bat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n