Indian Test team captain Shubman Gill is in great form at the moment. As soon as he became the captain, Gill scored his second century in England. He scored a brilliant century in the first innings of the second Test match, which was being played at Edgbaston. Earlier, he had also scored a century in the first innings of the first Test match of the series. Gill scored the seventh century of his Test career, while this is his fourth Test century against England. Gill completed the century with a four. This is the 16th century of 25-year-old Shubman Gill in international cricket. At the age of 25, Sachin had scored 40 international centuries while Kohli had 26 centuries. While Gill has scored 16 centuries. Gill has scored 8 centuries in ODIs and 7 centuries in Tests, while Gill has one century to his name in T20.
Right-handed batsman Shubman Gill completed his century on 199 balls. He completed his century by hitting a four off Joe Root's ball. Gill has jointly reached the second position in terms of scoring the most centuries in the first two Test matches after becoming the captain. Earlier, Virat Kohli had scored three centuries in the first two Test matches as captain. After this come the names of Vijay Hazare, Sunil Gavaskar, and Shubman Gill.
Shubman Gill became the third captain.
Shubman Gill has become the third captain of India to score centuries in consecutive Test matches against England. Earlier, Vijay Hazare had scored a century in Delhi and Brabourne Stadium in 1951-52, while Mohammad Azharuddin scored centuries in 1990 at Lord's and Trafford.
Jaiswal missed the century by 13 runs.
Yashasvi Jaiswal missed the century. He scored 87 runs. In the second session, England captain Ben Stokes got Jaiswal caught by Jamie Smith behind the wicket on a short and wide ball. Jaiswal scored 87 runs in 107 balls with the help of 13 fours.
India scored 84 runs in the second session after losing the wicket of Jaiswal in 28 overs. In the first hour of the morning, KL Rahul (2 runs in 26 balls) was dismissed cheaply by Chris Woakes. Just before lunch, Kars gave India another blow by getting Karun Nair (31 runs) caught by Harry Brook at second slip. The ball did not swing much in the first hour, but it got plenty of seam. Kars tried to bowl the ball at Jaiswal's chest, but the young batsman faced it well.
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