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India thumped New Zealand in the second one ODI at Raipur because of a wide ranging efficiency via their bowlers within the first innings, which arrange a comfy eight-wicket victory for the hosts. Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar coined a brand new nickname for India’s rushing opener Shubman Gill all through an entertaining chat following the series-clinching victory.

New Zealand have been blown away via the Indian tempo assault within the decisive 2nd ODI on the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Global Stadium, the fiftieth Indian venue to host a global fixture. The Kiwis misplaced half of their facet simply after the realization of the primary powerplay and controlled to set a below-par goal of 109 runs for the house facet.

The Males in Blue were given off to a rollicking get started at the again of any other cast opening stand between skipper Rohit Sharma and teen Shubman Gill. Even though Rohit used to be pushed aside after his brisk half-century, Gill ensured there were not any hiccups all through the chase together with his unbeaten 40 off 53 deliveries. Former Indian opener and batting legend Sunil Gavaskar is a large admirer of Gill’s batting, and all through a post-match chat with the teen, he gave him a brand new nickname, flustering the 23-year-old.

“I’ve given you a brand new nickname, Smoothman Gill. I’m hoping you do not thoughts,” Sunil Gavaskar all through the interview.

Gill, who used to be a bit of embarrassed to listen to the praise from the Indian Legend, stated, “I do not thoughts in any respect, sir.”

The 23-year-old batting ace turned into the youngest cricketer to succeed in the landmark of 200 runs in an ODI after his sensational innings within the sequence opener towards the Kiwis. Throughout his record-setting innings, he additionally turned into the quickest Indian to 1000 ODI runs, beating the former listing held via Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli. He additionally turned into the joint 2nd quickest to 1000 runs in ODI historical past. He’s in terrific shape in white-ball cricket and would possibly even get an opportunity within the upcoming red-ball sequence towards Australia forward of the a lot maligned KL Rahul.