‘He is a brilliant player’: Hashim Amla lauds Shubman Gill | Cricket News

Former South Africa player Hashim Amla lauded Shubman Gill along with Rishabh Pant and Ryan Rickelton as the next best thing in international cricket. Gill has been on fire in the ODI format, having scored a century in the Champions Trophy opener against Bangladesh and a brisk 46 against Pakan.
“For India, you have got Shubham Gill; Rishabh Pant has been around for a while. For South Africa, we have Ryan Rickelton who has done really well off late,” Amla told PTI Videos in an exclusive interaction.
“Every country has about 2-3 cricketers who are going to come through and I think that’s pretty normal, that you see that every five years some youngster poke in the head through international cricket, and possibly be the next best, big thing,” he added.
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The South African batting stalwart also termed Gill a brilliant player, saying his start in ODIs has been exceptional.
“He is a brilliant player, the way he started in one-day cricket, he has been exceptional. He has been a huge part of India’s success at top of the order. To have him and Rohit (Sharma) at the top, it’s a very potent and dangerous opening partnership, and then they have got Virat (Kohli) at No 3,” Amla said.
On Wednesday, Gill dethroned Pakan’s Babar Azam from the top spot in the ICC ODI rankings. In the latest rankings l, Gill has 796 rating points while Babar has 773. India skipper Rohit Sharma is ranked third with 761 points. South Africa’s Henrich Klaasen and New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell at fourth and fifth respectively.

Gill’s dominance in ODIs has been highly praised and he lived up to the expectations in India’s Champions Trophy opener against Bangladesh where he scored a a match-winning century (101*). It was also his fourth successive 50+ score, making him one of the most persent batters.