Shubman Gill continued his rich form in ODI cricket and slammed a brilliant 101 not out to lead India to a six-wicket win over Bangladesh at the Dubai International Stadium. Chasing 229, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill gave India a brisk start before Rohit Sharma departed for 41 in 36 balls. The pitch wasn't the easiest to bat and once the ball got old, it started gripping and turning. Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel departed in quick succession to put India in a minor spot of bother but Gill stood firm and stitched an 87* run partnership with KL Rahul (41*) to take India home.

Gill has been in magnificent form in ODI cricket and scored a hundred and two fifties in the preceding ODI series against England. Gill's brilliant innings helped him become the quickest to reach eight ODI hundreds for India. The record was previously held by Shikhar Dhawan who scored eight ODI centuries in 57 innings while Gill leapfrogged him with eight hundreds in 51 innings.

Fastest To Eight ODI Hundreds For India

• Shubman Gill - 51 innings
• Shikhar Dhawan - 57 innings
• Virat Kohli -68 innings
• Gautam Gambhir - 98 innings
• Sachin Tendulkar - 111 innings

Gill deservingly won the Player of the Match award for his stunning hundred. The hundred by Gill came in 125 balls which was his slowest ODI century, however, he called it his one of the most satisfying one .

"Definitely one of my most satisfying innings that I have played and my first century in ICC events. Very satisfying and very happy with the way I performed. When me and Rohit bhai went out there, we thought cutting the ball wasn't easy because the balls which were outside the off-stump weren't coming onto the bat that nicely. So I thought of using my feet to even the fast bowlers and tried to go over the circle. When the spinners came on, me and Virat bhai were talking in the middle that it's not easy to score singles off the front foot, so we'll try to score singles off the back foot. And it's not easy to hit down the ground, so we just keep rotating the strike. At one point, there was a bit of pressure on us. The message was sent from outside that I have to try to bat till the end and that's what I tried to do. (On his two sixes) The first one gave me a lot of confidence and the second one helped me come closer to my hundred, so both were very satisfying," said Gill at post-match presentation.

Meanwhile, India's next match in the ICC Champions Trophy will be against Pakistan on February 23.

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