IPL 2023: Shubman Gill's breakout season with GT shows how good Virat Kohli was in 2016
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The GT batter crossed fifty seven times in 2023 and converted three of them into hundreds. He also crossed Rajasthan Royals batter Jos Buttler's record of 863 runs which the Englishman had set in 2022 season. One might say that Gill got such numbers as he opens the batting, thus getting the best chance to play as many overs as possible from the available 20. And this is true and it isn't unfair or anything but just how the games works that openers get the best chance to score runs.
Now let's talk about Virat Kohli.
The RCB batter has been in the IPL since its inception in 2008. He has scored most runs, most fifties and most hundreds in a season apart from plethora of other records. And his best season came in 2016 when he eclipsed everyone like the Sun and no player since 2016 has been able to come out of the shadow cast by him that season.
Kohli played 16 matches that season and scored 973 runs at an average of 81 and a strike rate of 152. Kohli went past fifty in 11 matches and converted four of them into a century - the most in a single IPL season. His team, however, couldn't win the trophy and the wait still continues. In fact, only twice has been the Orange Cap holder from the title winning team - in 2014 when Robin Uthappa scored most runs for eventual winner KKR and in 2021 when Ruturaj Gaikwad did the same for Chennai Super Kings.
The Kohli of 2016 was the best IPL has seen ever and Shubman Gill's monster season just reiterated the fact again.
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Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 10:21 am