The trio of Gill, Rahul and Jadeja created history, this act was done for the first time in India’s 91 -year Test cricket history
Gill Rahul and Jadeja Created History: Living between India and England Test series Indian batsmen have done such a feat which had never happened in India’s 91 -year Test history. The trio of Shubman Gill, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja have grown such a fire with the bat in this series that the record book has been shaken. First time the same Test series Three Indian batsmen have scored more than 500 runs.
Ravindra Jadeja has shocked everyone with his batting in the Test series being played against England. In the second innings of the fifth Test of the series on Saturday, August 2, Jadeja needed 37 runs to complete 500 runs, and in the last session of the third day he did this feat. This is the first time Jadeja has scored more than 500 runs in a Test series. He has scored a total of 516 runs in the series, which is the best of his career.
Apart from Jadeja, Shubman Gill and KL Rahul also crossed the 500 -run mark. Gill is leading in this series, who has scored 754 runs. At the same time, Rahul has scored 532 runs. The special thing is that this is the first time in the history of 91 years of Test cricket that three Indian batsmen have scored 500+ runs in the same Test series.
Also in a series for India, Rishabh Pant is also involved in the list of making 400+ with 479 runs, but he is not playing the fifth Test as he suffered a leg injury on the first day of the Manchester Test. Yashasvi Jaiswal has also scored 411 runs in a brilliant performance.
Talking about history, India played their first Test match at Lord’s in 1932 and the first Test series at home against England in 1933-34. At that time Lala Amarnath scored the highest 203 runs in the three -match series.
Now against the same England, five batsmen of India have created another new history by scoring more than 400 runs. Earlier, five Australia batsmen scored 400+ runs in the 1989 Ashes series, but this is the first time for India.