Shubman Gill made history by surpassing marks set by renowned Indian batsmen Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli.
Gill’s tonne at New Delhi during the ongoing game against the West Indies was his fifth Test century as captain, coming in only his twelfth innings as Indian captain. He stayed unbeaten at 129 when India declared on 518/5 in the second session on Saturday.
With this, he became the second-fastest Indian (by innings) to reach the milestone. Only Alastair Cook (9 innings) and Sunil Gavaskar (10 innings) took less innings to accomplish the feat as leaders of their respective teams. This was also only the third time an Indian skipper has scored five Test tonnes in a single calendar year.
Kohli, who is no longer a Test cricketer, has done it twice previously (scoring five Test hundreds in a calendar year). However, the Fazilka native, in his eighth match as skipper, was the first to accomplish so until Kohli took 18 innings. In 1997, veteran batsman Sachin scored four tonnes as Test captain.
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His first as Captain on home soil 🇮🇳
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Earlier in the day, the 26-year-old was involved in a horror run-out with top-order batter Yashasvi Jaiswal. Jaiswal had to depart for 175 off 258, and any hopes of a double-ton vanished immediately. However, the Punjab-based cricketer put everything behind him to get to a splendid ton. Gill’s 196-ball knock comprised 16 fours and a couple of glorious sixes.
Thankfully for India, Jaiswal was all smiles after Gill got to his ton, and could be seen applauding the right-handed batter from the dressing room, as shown on air. Dhruv Jurel’s (44 off 79) wicket brought about the hosts’ declaration after they played 134.2 overs.With this, the hosts have put them in a strong position to be whitewashing the visitors in the two-match series.
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