“Lazy class” – Salman Butt sums up Shubman Gill’s century towards Sri Lanka

Salman Butt hailed Shubman Gill for his class after the opener hit a century within the third ODI towards Sri Lanka in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday, January 15.

The previous Pakistan captain credited the right-hander for his lazy class. Butt additionally added that he charges Gill above any batter relating to opening the innings in current instances.

The assertion got here as Gill scored 116 off 97 balls, together with two sixes and 14 boundaries. He shared a gap stand of 95 runs with India captain Rohit Sharma (42). The 23-year-old then shared a 131-run partnership with Virat Kohli for the second wicket to place India in pole place.

Talking on his YouTube channel, Butt stated:

“Among the many new children who play on the high of the order in worldwide cricket, Shubman Gill is somebody who performs with class and appears like he has sufficient time to play photographs. The longer Gill performs, the extra he can rating massive runs. Lazy class.”

“It was pure class and timing” – Salman Butt on Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli

Moreover Shubman Gill, Salman Butt additionally hailed Virat Kohli for his forty sixth ODI century within the third recreation towards the Lankans. Kohli scored an unbeaten 166 runs off 110 balls at a strike price of 150+, including13 fours and eight sixes.

Butt stated:

“There was management and class when Gill and Kohli had been batting. Sri Lanka had been hit for photographs regardless of bowling good deliveries. It was very high-class batting. It was pure class and timing. A superb show of batsmanship.”

Kohli and Gill’s century helped India pile on 390/5 of their allotted 50 overs. In response, the guests had been bundled out for 73 runs, dropping the fixture by a mammoth 317 runs.

Workforce India will subsequent play the white-ball collection towards New Zealand at house.

The three-match ODI collection will kick begin in Hyderabad on Wednesday, January 18. The motion will then shift to Raipur (January 21) and Indore (January 24) for the remaining two ODIs.