Shubman Gill made a thumping captaincy debut as he slammed a century in the course of the first Take a look at of the five-match sequence towards England at Leeds. Gill has joined a uncommon checklist of Indian gamers in a serious milestone.
Shubman Gill started his Take a look at captaincy on a historic notice as he slammed a century in his maiden innings as skipper in the course of the first Take a look at match towards England. Taking up the reins from Rohit Sharma straightaway in a robust England tour, Gill slammed his maiden ton outdoors Asia.
Gill has grow to be simply the fourth Indian participant to hit 100 in his maiden innings as captain in Take a look at cricket. He joins the elite checklist that includes Vijay Hazare, Sunil Gavaskar and Virat Kohli, turning into solely the fourth Indian captain to have performed so.
Indian gamers with centuries in maiden innings as captain:
Vijay Hazare: 164* vs England in Delhi in 1951
Sunil Gavaskar: 116 vs New Zealand in Auckland in 1976
Virat Kohli: 115 vs Australia vs Australia in Adelaide in 2014
Gill youngest Indian to hit a ton in maiden innings as captain
In the meantime, Gill can also be the youngest Indian participant to attain 100 on a maiden innings as captain in Take a look at cricket. He was the youngest man to hit a fifty in maiden innings as skipper and now turns into the youngest to hit 100 too at 25y and 285d.
Record of Indians to hit century in maiden innings as Take a look at captain:
Vijay Hazare
Hemu Adhikari
Nari Contractor
Chandu Borde
Sunil Gavaskar
Sourav Ganguly
Virat Kohli
Shubman Gill
Jaiswal slams century, creates historical past
In what has been a robust day for the Indian batters, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal had slammed century earlier. Jaiswal has grow to be the primary Indian participant to hit a century in each Australia and England in his first Take a look at match. Jasiwal had slammed 161 on his maiden Take a look at on Australian soil in Perth and now hit 101 earlier than getting dismissed by a peach from Ben Stokes within the third session of the opening day.
Earlier, India had been requested to bat first after England captain Ben Stokes had received the toss. “We’ll bowl. Headingley is an excellent cricket wicket. We have had some actually good video games right here. Need to try to use the early circumstances. Been a very long time coming, bit unusual that that is simply the second sequence, however we’re prepared. It has been combined, some lads have performed county cricket, and we have had three days of actually good cricket. Common suspects within the prime seven, Woakes, Brydon, Bashir, Tongue, and I make up the bowling,” England captain Ben Stokes stated on the toss.
“Would’ve bowled first as nicely, could be a bit robust within the first session, but it surely must be good to bat on later. The solar is out, must be an excellent batting deck for us. Preparation has been superb, we performed a follow recreation in Beckenham, and the lads are feeling nice. Sai makes his debut, and Karun is available in. Sai will bat at three,” India skipper Gill stated.
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