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RCB accidentally congratulated Shubman Gill for the century, later deleted the tweet

Highlights

Indian team won ODI series 3-0 against West Indies
Shubman Gill returned unbeaten on 98 in the third ODI, hitting 7 fours and 2 sixes.
Gill continued to perform well throughout the series and was named Player of the Series

New Delhi. The Indian team won the ODI series 3-0 against the West Indies in Port of Spain, Trinidad. For the first time, the team led by Shikhar Dhawan made a clean sweep of the West Indies in the ODI series. Opener Shubman Gill performed consistently well throughout the series and became the Player of the Series. While many appreciated this young player on social media, a tweet by IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore especially caught everyone’s attention.

this young opener of punjab Shubman Gill He played an excellent innings of 98 runs in the third ODI of the series. He started off slow, but picked up the pace as the match progressed. Due to rain, the game had to be stopped for some time, then 24 overs of India’s innings were completed. After this the match was reduced to 40 overs. When the 36 overs of the Indian innings were completed, it rained again and the visiting team’s innings was ended at 225 runs for 3 wickets. Gill was then playing on a personal score of 98. West Indies then got the target of 257 runs in 35 overs under the Duckworth-Lewis method and the hosts were all out for just 137 runs.

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When Gill reached 90 plus score, he started playing carefully to get his maiden ODI century. Meanwhile, the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise shared a congratulatory message for this young player even before crossing the triple digit mark. In this match, Gill hit 7 fours and 2 sixes in his unbeaten innings of 98 runs off 98 balls.

RCB congratulated Shubman even before completing the century. (Twitter)

RCB wrote in the caption of the tweet, ‘Shubman Gill scored his first international century. Its timing could not have been better. Awesome champ. Gill could not complete the century but RCB’s tweet went viral. Later this tweet was deleted by the franchise but some users made it viral by taking screenshots.

Meanwhile, India achieved a historic victory on Caribbean soil. Team India defeated the hosts 3-0 for the first time on their soil in the ODI series. India has won several limited overs series in the West Indies in the past but never had a whitewash.

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