The first match of the five -match Test series between India and England began on 20 June (Friday) at the Handingley Cricket Ground in Leeds. The first day of the match was the name of the Indian batsmen. Yashasvi Jaiswal and newly appointed Test captain Shubman Gill have scored centuries, due to which the hosts are seen on England backfoot.
By the time of the stump on the first day, India’s score was 359 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in the first innings. Captain Shubman Gill is unbeaten on scoring 127 and vice-captain Rishabh Pant 65 runs. There has been a partnership of 138 runs for the fourth wicket between the two so far. Shubman has faced 175 balls and has put a six in addition to 16 fours. This was the sixth century of Shubman Gill’s Test career. On the other hand, Pant has hit 6 fours and two sixes in a 102 -ball innings.
Talking about opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, he scored 101 runs off 159 balls, which included a six in addition to 16 fours. This was the fifth century of Yashasvi’s Test career. Yashasvi and Shubman Gill shared a 129 -run partnership for the third wicket. KL Rahul also played an important role in getting 42 runs to give the Indian team a good start. However, Sai Sudarshan could not do anything special to his debut test innings and was dismissed on Duck.
Overall, it rained runs on the first day of the Leeds Test. India played 85 overs and its runrate was 4.22, which shows the attacking style of Indian batsmen. If seen, this happened for the first time in Test history, when the Indian team scored more than 300 runs on the very first day of the England tour. Also, this happened for the fifth time when India scored more than 300 on the early day of the Test series on a tour.
300+ runs on the first day of the tour (Indian team)
399/3 vs Sri Lanka, Gaul 2017
372/7 vs South Africa, Blomphonteen 2001
359/3 vs England, Leeds 2025
356/2 vs Pakistan, Multan 2004
302/4 vs West Indies, North Sound 2016
If seen, India was the third time in Test cricket, when two batsmen played a century innings on the first day of a tour. It was first seen in the year 2021 against South Africa in Blomphonten. Then Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag managed to score a century. Then in the year 2017, Shikhar Dhawan and Cheteshwar Pujara played century innings on the early day of Sri Lanka tour. Now Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill have included themselves in that list by scoring a century.
2 Indian batsmen century (Test cricket) on the first day of the tour
Sachin Tendulkar & Virender Sehwag vs South Africa, Blomphonteen 2001
Shikhar Dhawan & Cheteshwar Pujara vs Sri Lanka, Gaul 2017
Yashasvi Jaiswal & Shubman Gill vs England, Headingley 2025