IND vs Eng Day 1 Highlights Yashasvi Jaiswal Shubman Gill Century Rishabh Pant Performed Well India vs England 1st Test

IND vs Eng 1st Test Day 1 Highlights: The Indian team has scored 359 runs on the first day in the Leeds Test. Till the end of the first day’s play, captain Shubman Gill is playing 127 runs. At the same time, vice -captain Rishabh Pant is playing 65. Pant-Gil has partnered 138 runs for the fourth wicket. KL Rahul also played a good innings, but missed out on scoring half -centuries.

In this match being played at the Handingley Cricket Ground in Leeds, hosts England won the toss and decided to bowl first. Indian batsmen made a strong start. Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul did an opening partnership of 91 runs. Rahul was caught by Joe Root on the score of 42, whose 209th catch of the Test career. Sai Sudarshan was making his Test debut, but could not even open the account in his first match.

Gill-Jayaswal’s century

First Yashasvi Jaiswal Chamke, who played a brilliant innings of 101 runs, which was the 5th century of his Test career. He added 129 runs with captain Shubman Gill. Let us know that Jaiswal has become a total of 5th Indian players to score a century in his first Test innings on the land of England. On the other hand, Shubman Gill is still standing at the crease by scoring 127 runs, who has made a record to score a century in his first Test innings. Prior to him, 3 Indian captains including Virat Kohli have done this.

The Indian team missed out on the first day of a Test tour. On the first day on a Test tour, the biggest score made by the Indian team is 399 runs, which he scored against Sri Lanka in 2017. At the same time, in 2001, the Indian team scored 372 runs against South Africa on the first day and now it has scored 359 runs against England.

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