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Gill reached the milestone in 38 innings, bettering the record of South African Hashim Amla who had needed 40 innings to score 2000 ODI runs.
The 24-year-old Indian, who scored 53 against Bangladesh in his previous outing, was 14 runs short of the milestone coming into the match. He achieved the feat in the seventh over of the Indian run chase when he smashed Trent Boult for a boundary.
Gill, however, got out for 26 off 31 balls in the 14th over with Lockie Ferguson taking his wicket.
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Down with dengue, Gill had missed India’s first two World Cup matches against Australia and Afghanistan.
He returned in India’s marquee clash against Pakistan and scored 16.