Shubman Gill Joins Indian Players List to Score Century in Debut Test Innings as Captain Virat Kohli Sunil Gavaskar Shubman Gill Century IND Vs Eng

Shubman gill century: Shubman Gill has scored a century in the first match of the series against England. This was his first Test innings as a captain, in which he has created history by scoring a century. He has become the fourth Indian player to score a century in his debut Test innings as a captain. Before them, Virat Kohli, Sunil Gavaskar and Vijay Hazare have set this record. Shubman Gill was appointed as the captain of the Indian Test team after Rohit Sharma’s Test retirement. He is playing the first match as a captain in the ongoing Test against England. In this match, he completed his century in 140 balls.

Indians to score a century in first Test innings as captain

Vijay Hazare was the first Indian to score a century in a debut Test innings as captain, who scored an unbeaten 164 against England in 1951. After him, Sunil Gavaskar scored 116 runs in the first Test innings against New Zealand in 1976. At the same time, when Virat Kohli also took over the captaincy, he scored 115 runs in his first innings in 2014. Now Shubman Gill has also joined this list of veterans.

Shubman Gill completed 2,000 Test runs

This is the first time in Test cricket when Shubman Gill is batting on number-4. On this sequence, Virat Kohli used to bat, but he has now retired. Prior to the series against England, Shubman Gill scored 1893 runs in his 32 -match Test career. Now he has completed 2000 runs in Test format as soon as he scored 107 runs against England. He has achieved this achievement in his 60th Test innings.

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