On the first day of the Leeds Test match against England, the Indian batsmen have seen a strong game. First opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored the first century of his Test career. Then captain Shubman Gill has also played a century innings. Shubman completed his century off 140 balls with the help of 14 fours. This was the sixth century of Shubman’s Test career.
Let us know that this is Shubman Gill’s first match after becoming a Test captain. In such a situation, he has made it memorable by playing a century innings. Shubman, for the first time, had come to batting at number four in Test cricket due to former captain Virat Kohli’s retirement. Shubman has not allowed him to be missing at the moment by scoring a century.
If seen, Shubman Gill has scored a century in Test cricket on English earth for the first time. Shubman had earlier played only one Test match on English soil, in which he scored 17 and 4 runs. If seen, Shubman was the first Test century in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia) countries. That is, they have ended the drought of centuries in SENA Country.
Shubman Gill is the fourth Indian captain who has scored a century in his debut Test innings as a captain. Before Shubman, only Vijay Hazare, Sunil Gavaskar and Virat Kohli were able to do this. Shubman Gill as a captain is the 23rd player to score a century in his first innings. He is also the fourth youngest captain after Herbe Taylor, Alastair Cook and Steven Smith.
Setstone in his first innings as Test captain
164* Vijay Hazare vs England Delhi 1951
116 Sunil Gavaskar vs New Zealand Auckland 1976
115 Virat Kohli vs Australia Adelaide 2014
102* Shubman Gill vs England, Leeds 2025
Shubman Gill had played 13 Test matches outside India till this match, in which he scored just 649 runs with an average of 29.50. Shubman had scored a century and two half -centuries during this period. Shubman’s only century innings came against Bangladesh in 2022.