Gill is "the complete player at the moment" in ODIs, according to Manjrekar.

Shubman Gill is a "lambi race ka ghoda [one for the long haul]" and batting at just 60% is enough for him to score a century like he did in India's Champions Trophy opener against Bangladesh. This is the assessment of Sanjay Manjrekar, who also feels that Gill gives the impression of being someone who will be around for a further 10-15 years while Shreyas Iyer doesn't. "He [Gill] is batting at the right position to make a huge impact. On Match Day, Manjrekar stated, "When he gets a hundred, like today, it seems like there is plenty left in the tank." "It was like 60% of Shubman Gill is enough to get a hundred like this and he stays till the end. That's what sets Shubman Gill apart from Shreyas Iyer: he will keep you engaged until the very end. He is somebody who you think is going to be around for 10-15 years. Despite his obvious talent, Shreyas Iyer does not give you that impression." India's pursuit of 229 in Dubai was led by Gill, who finished the game unbeaten on 101 against Bangladesh. In his innings, he faced 129 deliveries and struck nine fours and two sixes, ensuring India's return with six wickets and 21 deliveries remaining. A front-foot pull off Tanzim Hasan in the ninth over resulted in one of his sixes going deep-midwicket into the stands' second tier. "Some of the shots he played, the good-length ball he hit and it went into second tier… the big game is at his beck and call," Manjrekar said. "Can he be better in 50-over cricket as a batter? I don't think so. What else could be better? In the company of Rohit Sharma, Gill started off quickly and raced to 26 off just 23 balls with four fours and a six by the time the first powerplay ended. But he slowed down when Bangladesh employed spin on a slowish track and kept an in-and-out field. He took 69 balls to score his slowest ODI fifty, and he reached his hundred in 125, which was the slowest for an India batter in ODIs since the World Cup in 2019. His ability to change gears impressed Manjrekar. "He's got the class to do it [change gears]," he said. India are blessed with [a top three] who are also Test batters, so they can play different gears. Yashasvi Jaiswal, when he comes in eventually, is also a Test batter. Therefore, if the ball is moving in foreign conditions, they can see the new ball through and deal with the various circumstances. Shubman Gill is that kind of player; he is not one-dimensional; he has all the gears, and we saw that today as well. Shubman Gill is that kind of player. He is a guy at the top of his 50-over-cricket prowess and he does it very calmly. He bats and finishes games with an air of dominance and certainty." Anil Kumble, a former India legspinner, was impressed by Gill's restraint against spin. Bangladesh had offspinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz and legspinner Rishad Hossain, and Gill scored only 34 off the 56 balls he faces against them, hitting just the one four. However, he took 28 singles that aided his progress. Kumble stated, "The other thing that was noticeable today was generally he steps out and launches it over long-on, midwicket when he sees the offspinner." "He didn't want to take the risk perhaps because of the pitch. He felt that that was the riskier option. Although Miraz is someone he would take on - we have seen it even in Test match cricket. He was always trying to ease through the process and make sure he was there until the end. That was very noticeable even when the [required] run rate dropped a little bit." Manjrekar agreed: "And also the ability to nick off singles, keep that scoreboard ticking. It is not that he plays the sweep shot a lot or the dab. He goes very traditional and loves to keep the bat straight. The bat falls very straight even when he plays the pull shot. Instead of playing with soft hands, many of his singles would be back-foot punches to long-on. A guy who can get singles at will, can hit a six at will, has got a reasonably good defence for 50-over cricket, he's the complete player at the moment." When they went from 112 for 1 to 144 for 4 in just eight overs, the Indian camp would have felt a little nervous, but Gill kept his cool and saw the chase through, which Kumble praised. "He's been brilliant, especially in this format. The elegance and the ease with which he got that hundred on a difficult pitch," he said. "I don't think it was a true pitch where the ball was coming on nicely. It was on the slower side and you had to make adjustments, yet he was middling the ball and timing it so well. "The best part about Shubman Gill was he ensured he saw the game through. We had previously witnessed that, so it wasn't like he wanted to start, score runs, and leave. That is the maturity he has brought into the game. Hope this is the beginning of a great season for him and India because winning the first match of a tournament and remaining there until the end is a good sign.