Dubai, Feb. 22 -- Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting lauded Shubman Gill for his match-winning hundred against Bangladesh in Champions Trophy 2025, and said the young India batter has been outstanding in white ball cricket lately, and this is a format which really suits his style of play.

Recently crowned as the number one men's ODI batter, Gill notched a scintillating century - his second in a row in ODIs - to help inspire a six-wicket win for India over Bangladesh.

Speaking to Sanjana Ganesan on The ICC Review podcast, Ponting heaped praise on the India vice-captain and right-hand batter.

"He thoroughly deserves to be the number one ranked batsman in the world at the moment and it's a great sign for India that he's got his accoun...