Dubai, Feb. 20 -- Following his side's win over Bangladesh in the ICC Champions Trophy opener, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma lauded batter Shubman Gill for his century and said in a lighter vein that he could take the youngster out for dinner.

Gill continued his strong form in ODIs, playing a matured, well-composed knock in the face of wickets falling at the other end to guide India to a six-wicket win over Bangladesh in the Champions Trophy opener. In four ODIs this year, Gill has scored 360 runs at an average of 120.00, with a strike rate of almost 95, with two centuries and two fifties. In 51 ODIs, he has made 2,688 runs at an average of 62.51, with eight tons and 15 fifties. His best score is 208.

"Gill, we know the class that he has,...