After being dismissed for a duck within the first innings of the continuing India vs Bangladesh Take a look at in Chennai, Shubman Gill has bounced again in fashion. The proper-handed batsman scored an excellent unbeaten century within the second innings of the Take a look at on the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
He was dismissed for an eight-ball duck by Hasan Mahmud on day one of many Take a look at. Nevertheless, the Punjab star made amends for his failure in an excellent trend by taking part in a formidable 119-run knock. Similar to the primary innings, Gill needed to stroll out to bat fairly early within the second too as Rohit Sharma was out for under 5.
With Yashasvi Jaiswal (10) and Virat Kohli (17) departing cheaply as nicely, the onus was on Gill to bail the staff out of hassle. And the teenager didn’t disappoint. He and Rishabh Pant put India within the driver’s seat by scoring good centuries.
They shared a 167-run stand for the fourth wicket. Mehidy Hasan Miraz broke the stand by dismissing Pant on 109. However, Gill remained unbeaten on 119 runs as India declared their second innings on 287/4. His knock got here off 176 balls and was studded with 10 fours and 4 sixes.
Shubman Gill joins the elite listing:
The duck within the first innings and the good century within the second innings have helped Shubman Gill be part of an elite listing. He has change into solely the ninth Indian cricketer to attain a duck within the first innings of a Take a look at earlier than scoring a century within the second innings. The primary Indian participant to realize the feat was Madhav Apte.
Apte was out for a duck earlier than scoring an unbeaten 163 towards West Indies in 1953 in Port of Spain. Gundappa Viswanath was the second Indian to realize the milestone earlier than the likes of Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, and different greats did it.
Amongst energetic Indian cricketers, solely Virat Kohli and Gill now maintain the report of scoring a duck and century in the identical Take a look at.
Listing of Indian gamers who’ve scored a duck and a century in the identical Take a look at:
- Madhav Apte
- Gundappa Viswanath
- Sunil Gavaskar
- Dilip Vengsarkar
- Mohammad Azharuddin
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Virat Kohli
- Shubman Gill
Right now, Shubman Gill grew to become the ninth Indian to make a duck and a 100 in a Take a look at match. The listing has the largest names in Indian Take a look at cricket.
Madhav Apte
GR Viswanath
Sunny Gavaskar
Dilip Vengsarkar
Mohd Azharuddin
Sachin Tendulkar
Shikhar Dhawan
Virat Kohli
Shubman Gill#IndvBan— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) September 21, 2024
Speaking in regards to the recreation, India have set Bangladesh an unbelievable goal of 515 runs. In reply, Bangladesh have been on 158/4 on the finish of the third day’s play.
