Shubman Gill continued his wealthy type with the bat in England together with his second consecutive hundred in as many Exams within the ongoing sequence in opposition to England on Wednesday. Main the Indian workforce in his first Check sequence, Gill’s sixteenth worldwide hundred got here off 199 balls on the primary day of the continued second Check at Edgbaston in Birmingham.
Gill’s final two Check centuries in opposition to England got here in Leeds (2025) and Dharamshala (2024). Within the course of, the Indian captain turned the fourth Indian cricketer to smash three consecutive a whole bunch in opposition to England within the longest format of the sport.
Mohammad Azharuddin (1984-1985), Dilip Vengsarkar (1985-1986) and Rahul Dravid (2002 & 2008-2011) had achieved the identical in opposition to England earlier than Gill. The 25-year-old additionally turned the third Indian captain after Vijay Hazare (Delhi and Brabourne in 1951-52) and Azharuddin (Lord’s and Outdated Trafford in 1990) to hit a whole bunch in consecutive Exams in opposition to England.
Not simply that, Gill additionally joined the likes of Virat Kohli, Hazare and Sunil Gavaskar to attain a whole bunch in first two Exams as India captain. For the unknown, Kohli had three centuries in his first two Exams as captain. He additionally turned the second Indian captain after Kohli (2018) to attain a Check hundred in Birmingham.
Gill’s ton, Jaiswal’s 87 dominate England
Beside Gill’s ton, Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 87 helped India attain 310/5 at stumps on day one. In all, Gill hit 12 fours. Whereas Jaiswal as soon as once more gave India a stable begin with an aggressive 87, laced with 13 boundaries, Gill confirmed a variety of composure and discretion in shot choice.
Karun Nair (31) and Rishabh Pant (25) threw away their wickets after getting begins whereas Nitish Reddy (1) was utterly clueless when a Chris Woakes nip-backer jagged again sharply.
India have been in a spot of hassle at 211/5 however veteran Ravindra Jadeja as soon as once more confirmed his true worth as a batter in SENA international locations with an unbeaten 41 off 67 balls. The duo added 99 runs for the unbroken sixth-wicket stand. For England, Chris Woakes took two wickets whereas skipper Ben Stokes, Brydon Carse and Shoaib Bashir took a wicket apiece.
