IPL 2023: T20 has changed significantly over time. If one only considers batting, statistics like strike rate and boundary percentage define a knock more than the number of tournament fifty-scores. And the current season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has illustrated that well.

Former New Zealand cricketer Simon Doull has repeatedly argued that milestones in T20 cricket should no longer include fifty and hundred runs. He repeated it on Sunday in a new jab at Shubman Gill of the Gujarat Titans. Who hit 94 runs in the game against the Lucknow Super Giants. Given how his partner Wriddhiman Shah performed on the Ahmedabad track. Gill got off to a poor start and found it difficult to search for boundaries in what appeared to be a belter.

“He Wasn’t Able To Hit The Boundaries”: Simon Doull

GT recorded their highest-ever powerplay score in the IPL, 78 for no loss, when Saha managed 54 off of 23. On the other hand, Gill made 22 out of 13. The former kept up his assault in the middle overs. And Gill only started to relax when he hit Ravi Bishnoi for a pair of sixes in the ninth over.

As GT amassed 227 for two in 20 overs, the youthful batsman eventually reached 94 off 51. Smashing seven sixes and two boundaries. However, in a Cricbuzz interview, Doull stated that he wasn’t too satisfied with the knock in which Gill frequently struggled to find boundaries. The seasoned cricketer pointed out that teams should utilize the option of dismissing a batter if he is unable to attempt big strokes and that the introduction of someone like Rahul Tewatia may have increased their total.

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“Shubman was getting tired. He wasn’t able to hit the boundaries at much as he could. And it can happen. Listen, it might be controversial, but I am waiting for the day when a bloke gets 75 or 80 off 45 balls and is cooked after the afternoon heat, which is 45 degrees and hence quite can’t get there, so he says, ‘Okay Tewatia, you are out there.’ Retire him out.”

Doull said

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Doull emphasized that hundreds in cricket are only significant achievements if they contribute to a successful outcome.

“I’m saying repeatedly that milestones don’t matter in this game. I know people will still say a hundred is a hundred. Yes, it is, but it’s a hundred if you win. If you lose, it means jack. I feel we’re just quite there when a guy says that he is tired and is not able to hit the boundaries. And if you have ammunition in the bank, why not use it.”

Said Simon Doull
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