India ODI skipper Shubman Gill suffered multiple cramps during his innings of 80, in the IND vs ENG 1st ODI at Edgbaston, and had to eventually retire hurt when he was looking good for a 100. But then, he managed to do something, that the Shreyas Iyer-led T20I side had not managed to do on the UK tour so far — take the side close to a win. And most importantly, Gill made the English bowlers pay, on a ground he loves to bat on.
Shubman Gill makes Edgbaston innings count before retiring hurt
In an unbeaten innings that lasted 75 deliveries, Gill looked the most fluent of all the Indian batters, hitting 11 boundaries and a six, at a strike-rate of 106. That meant, that India were never really under the pressure of chasing down 259, set by hosts England. Just to highlight, as to how dominant Gill was — let us deep dive into some stats.
Gill seems to have taken a particular liking to Edgbaston — where has played three matches overall (including two Tests), and has two tons and a fifty (80 today) to his name. That also includes a career-best of 269 that he had hit against England last year. His innings scores at the venue read — 17, 4, 269, 161, and 80 not out. That is a whopping average of 126.
Gill best ODI batter?
Other than that, Gill is having a terrific year in the ODIs. In 7 matches in 2026, he averages 113, having scored 453 runs in 6 innings, that has one 100 and four 50s.
- Gill innings ODIs in 2026
- 56(71)
- 56(53)
- 23(18)
- 84(66)
- 154(110)
- 50(51)
Another exciting aspect about Gill’s batting has been, in the format, since 2020, he has been even better than Virat Kohli in certain ways. He has scored more runs than Kohli in lesser number of encounters. In 63 matches, Gill has 3,255 runs to his name at an average of 62.59 – with 9 tons and 19 fifties. On the flipside, Kohli has 3,193 runs in 70 matches, at an average of 54.11, with 11 tons and 22 fifties.
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