After being dismissed for a foul in the first innings of the India vs Bangladesh Test match being played in Chennai, Shubman Gill has bounced back in style. The right-handed batsman scored a brilliant unbeaten century in the second innings of the Test match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
On the first day of the Test, he was dismissed by Hasan Mahmud for an eight-ball error. However, the Punjab star made amends for his failure brilliantly by scoring an impressive 119-run knock. Just like in the first innings, Gill had to come out to bat quite early in the second innings as well as Rohit Sharma was out for just 5.
With Yashasvi Jaiswal (10) and Virat Kohli (17) also leaving cheaply, the onus was on Gill to bail the team out of trouble. And the youngster did not disappoint. He and Rishabh Pant put India in the driving seat by scoring brilliant centuries.
They shared a 167-run stand for the fourth wicket. Mehidy Hasan Miraz broke the stand by dismissing Pant on 109. On the other hand, Gill remained unbeaten on 119 runs as India declared their second innings at 287/4. His knock came in 176 balls and was riddled with 10 fours and 4 sixes.
Shubman Gill joins the elite list:
The duck in the first innings and the brilliant century in the second have helped Shubman Gill join an elite list. He has become the ninth Indian cricketer to score a duck in the first innings of a Test before scoring a century in the second innings. The first Indian player to achieve the feat was Madhav Apte.
Apte was out of action before scoring an unbeaten 163 against the West Indies in 1953 at Port of Spain. Gundappa Viswanath was the second Indian to achieve the milestone before Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar and other greats did so.
Among active Indian cricketers, only Virat Kohli and Gill now hold the record of scoring a duck and a century in the same Test.
List of Indian players who have scored a duck and a century in the same Test:
Madhav Apte Gundappa Viswanath Sunil Gavaskar Dilip Vengsarkar Mohammad Azharuddin Sachin Tendulkar Shikhar Dhawan Virat Kohli Shubman Gill
Today, Shubman Gill became the ninth Indian to score a duck and a hundred in a Test match. The list includes the biggest names in Indian Test cricket. Madhav Apte GR Viswanath Sunny Gavaskar Dilip Vengsarkar Mohd Azharuddin Sachin Tendulkar Shikhar Dhawan Virat Kohli Shubman Gill #IndvBan
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As for the game, India has set Bangladesh an improbable target of 515 runs. In reply, Bangladesh was left at 158/4 at the end of the third day of play.