Shubman Gill left Dhoni and Rahane as soon as he scored a century in Edgbaston Test, made his place in this special list
Shubman Gill Century: Team India’s Test captain Shubman Gill has once again returned to the old form. After a strong performance in Leeds, Gill has now scored a century in Edgbaston. With this, Gill has gone ahead in the list of Captain who scored the most centuries for Team India, leaving behind former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ajinkya Rahane.
In Birmingham against England, Shubman Gill remained unbeaten by scoring 114 runs till the end of the first day match, who has completed the 16th century on the strength of his innings.
Shubman Gill left Dhoni and Rahane behind
In all formats of cricket, Shubman Gill has 16 centuries, who have scored 7 in Tests, 8 in ODIs and one century in T20. As soon as Gill scored a century in Birmingham, he was seen leaving behind Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ajinkya Rahane in the list of players who have scored the most century for India in all formats of cricket.
Actually, the names of both these players are recorded at 16 centuries, that is, in the present time, Shubman Gill has reached number 16 in the list of Indians who scored the most centuries. Sachin Tendulkar is with 100 centuries at the top of this list. At the same time, Virat Kohli is at number two with 82 centuries.
Gill hit back to back second century
In the Birmingham Test, after losing the toss against England, Team India came out to bat first on the first day at the loss of 5 wickets, with Shubman Gill’s role the most important, who scored the second century back to back in this series. On the second day of the Azbaston Test, Team India aims to take its score to 500.
If Gill plays a big innings in this way, then India can reach a strong position. All -rounder Ravindra Jadeja is currently playing for 41 runs with Shubman Gill. KL Rahul, who came to open on the first day of the Edgbaston Test, was badly flopped, who was dismissed by only two runs. After this, Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant and Nitish Reddy lost their wickets very quickly.