'I would bracket him with the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli'- Harbhajan Singh after Shubman Gill scores his maiden hundred

Harbhajan Singh and Shubman Gill- Source (Twitter)

The GOAT Sachin Tendulkar, along with superstars  Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are three of the biggest batting icons in Indian cricket.  While Tendulkar was the megastar of Indian cricket from the 1990s to 2010, Rohit and Kohli have taken the new era of cricket by storm. The present generation includes the likes of Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Rishabh Pant, and Shubman Gill, among others. They have all the makings of being superstars in a few years.

Meanwhile, former India spinner Harbhajan Singh has given huge words of praise for India's young batting sensation, Gill. The 22-year-old youngster, whom Harbhajan has observed very closely while playing together for Punjab in the Domestic circuit and for the  Kolkata side in the Indian T20 League, scored his maiden century for the Men in Blue against Zimbabwe during the third ODI of the series at Harare. The Punjab-born finally got a three-figure score after coming close on a few occasions.

"He's a sorted batsman, who has a sound technique, and very good shot selection. In terms of quality of batsmanship, I would bracket him with the likes of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul in the current Indian team. You love to watch them bat," Harbhajan told Times of India.

When he played a marathon knock of 130 in only  97 balls, a knock which included 15 fours and one six, Gill broke a long-standing 24-year record that was previously held by Sachin Tendulkar. Gill's 130 now holds the highest individual score by an Indian in an ODI in Zimbabwe, surpassing Tendulkar's 127 not out in Bulawayo 1998. On that note, Harbhajan also mentioned that and noticed a trait in Gill, which he feels the great Tendulkar had possessed as well.

"The good thing about him is that he's hungry for success. Few batsmen these days feel bad when they're not scoring runs. He's one of those characters. He feels he is letting the team down when he's in poor form. It's a quality one must have. It's a quality that Tendulkar too had," added Harbhajan.