{"id":24463,"date":"2026-06-21T07:06:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T01:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/ind-vs-afg-shubman-gill-wins-first-odi-series-as-captain-equals-rohit-sharmas-feat-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T07:06:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T01:36:42","slug":"ind-vs-afg-shubman-gill-wins-first-odi-series-as-captain-equals-rohit-sharmas-feat-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/ind-vs-afg-shubman-gill-wins-first-odi-series-as-captain-equals-rohit-sharmas-feat-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"IND vs AFG: Shubman Gill wins first ODI series as captain; equals Rohit Sharma&#8217;s feat | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131880171,imgsize-75852,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/shubman-gill-2006-bcci.jpg\" alt=\"IND vs AFG: Shubman Gill wins first ODI series as captain; equals Rohit Sharma's feat\" title=\"BCCI Photo\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/shubman-gill\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Shubman Gill<\/a> celebrated his first ODI series win as India&#8217;s captain after leading the team to a 3-0 clean sweep over Afghanistan. India completed the series whitewash with a dominant nine-wicket victory in the third ODI at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The series win is a significant milestone for Gill, whose previous ODI assignments as captain against Australia and New Zealand had ended in defeats.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Gill has also enjoyed an excellent run with the bat. After leading India to an innings-and-300-run victory over Afghanistan in the one-off Test, he followed it up by guiding the team to a 3-0 ODI series triumph.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The 26-year-old finished as the highest run-scorer of the series with 238 runs in three matches at an average of 238.00 and a strike rate of 135.23. <!-- -->His tally included one century and one half-century.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>His performances earned him the Player of the Series award \u2014 the sixth such award of his ODI career.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2><keyword id=\"23387238\" type=\"General\" weightage=\"20\" keywordseo=\"Most-Player-of-the-Series-awards\" source=\"Orion\">Most Player of the Series awards<\/keyword> for India in ODIs<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"22\">\n<ul>\n<li><keyword id=\"6354267\" type=\"General\" weightage=\"20\" keywordseo=\"Sachin-Tendulkar\" source=\"Orion\" solralias.seotitle=\"Sachin-Tendulkar\" solralias.msid=\"8205226\" solralias.title=\"Sachin Tendulkar\">Sachin Tendulkar<\/keyword> \u2013 15<\/li>\n<li>Virat Kohli \u2013 11<\/li>\n<li>Sourav Ganguly \u2013 7<\/li>\n<li>Yuvraj Singh \u2013 7<\/li>\n<li>MS Dhoni \u2013 7<\/li>\n<li><keyword id=\"13937\" type=\"General\" weightage=\"20\" keywordseo=\"Rohit-Sharma\" source=\"Orion\" solralias.seotitle=\"Rohit-Sharma\" solralias.msid=\"8241277\" solralias.title=\"Rohit Sharma\">Rohit Sharma<\/keyword> \u2013 6<\/li>\n<li>Shubman Gill \u2013 6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>Reflecting on the series, Gill was pleased with how India executed their plans.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>\u201cA lot of the boxes are ticked. We spoke about keeping the intensity in the middle overs and some of the things that we also spoke about was how can we keep creating those opportunities in the middle overs as a bowling unit and as a batting unit, how can we keep pushing for the extra runs in the middle overs and I think a lot of those boxes were ticked.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>India&#8217;s victory in Chennai was set up by Prasidh Krishna, who claimed his maiden ODI five-wicket haul with figures of 5\/23, and Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored an unbeaten 110.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>Gill praised Prasidh and fellow pacer Gurnoor Brar for their opening spell.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>\u201cDefinitely. I think the first spell bowled by Gurnoor (Brar) and Prasidh was outstanding. To see that kind of pace in those conditions was not easy. But I think they kept putting their effort and kept pushing. <!-- -->I mean, definitely you are tempted to give them that one extra over, but looking at the weather, I did ask them if they wanted to bowl that one extra over, but they were pretty exhausted.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>India&#8217;s next challenge is a three-match ODI series in England from July 14 to 19. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/>Gill believes the conditions there will provide useful preparation for the 2027 ODI World Cup. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"40\"\/>\u201cGoing to England, the conditions would be a little bit more similar to what we get in South Africa, not quite similar, but still close to that. So the kind of combination that we would be looking to play there, hopefully we have all the players fit and ready, it is going to be another great series for us.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"42\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/india-vs-afghanistan\/shubman-gill-wins-first-odi-series-as-captain-equals-rohit-sharmas-feat\/articleshow\/131880208.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Shubman Gill celebrated his first ODI series win as India&#8217;s captain after leading the team to a 3-0 clean sweep over Afghanistan. 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