Shubman Gill can break Virat Kohli’s record: Ravi Shastri makes bold prediction

Former India coach Ravi Shastri predicted that Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill could go on to break Virat Kohli’s record of scoring the most runs (973) in a single season of the Indian Premier League.
Kohli achieved the feat in IPL 2016, where he scored at an average of 81.08 and a strike rat of over 152.
Picking Gill as the one with the ability to surpass Kohli, Shastri said, “He (Gill) has to be an opening batsman, because only then will he get many opportunities to score runs.”
“I feel, it is Subhman Gill because he is in good form and also because he plays top of the order. So he will get good number of opportunities to score runs,” Shastri added while speaking to Star Sports.
“The pitches are good, so if he can score 80-100 runs consecutively in two or three innings, then at that point of time only he will already have 300-400 runs.
“According to me, it is very difficult to break the record, because 900 plus runs is huge but one thing is opening batsmen will get two extra matches and two extra innings, so opening batsmen can only break this record if it is possible,” Shastri said.
On Sunday, Gill completed 2,000 runs in IPL. In 77 matches in the IPL so far, Gill has scored 2,016 runs at an average of 32.52 and a strike rate of 126.24.