Gill's landmark season hits an unexpected red-ball bump

This has been a great year in white-ball cricket for him but the dwindling Test returns must bea cause for concern

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In case you have missed the Shubman Gill's viral post on his New Year's resolution for 2023, here's a recap: Most hundreds for India, make his "family happy", give his "best effort and be less hard" on himself, win the World Cup and be the orange cap holder in IPL.

These are ambitious but honest targets, and totally in sync with the times where white-ball cricket dominates the international calendar. And while Gill has admitted to 2023 not going according to plan, the absence of a Test-specific goal in that worn out note is a bit conspicuous.

And for good reason too. At a very early age, Gill has ticked off a lot of boxes-youngest to score an ODI double hundred, fastest to 2000 ODI runs and most ODI runs in calendar year (1584) since Matthew Hayden's (1601 runs) record in 2007.

2023 specifically has been extremely rewarding to Gill with 1584 ODI runs at an average of 63.36 and a strike rate of 105.45 alongwith 1202 T20 runs at an average and strike rate of 44.51 and 154.30. But in the same year Gill averaged 28.66 in 10 Test innings.