Shubman Gill
Shubhman Gill Century: Shubman Gill’s bat spoke loudly on the third day of the Chennai Test. Gill thrashed the Bangladesh bowlers during India’s second innings and shared a brilliant partnership of 167 runs with Rishabh Pant. Pant returned to the pavilion after scoring 109 runs. Soon after this, Shubman Gill hit a brilliant century. Gill completed his century in 161 balls with the help of 9 fours and 3 sixes. This is the 5th century of his Test career and the third Test century of the year 2024. Not only this, this is the 12th international century from his bat since the year 2022. In this way, he has become the batsman to score the most centuries since 2022. He surpassed Babar Azam, Virat Kohli and Joe Root.
Shubman Gill’s last 4 second innings in Tests- 104, 91 52* and 100*.
Most centuries (from 2022)
- 12 Centuries – Shubman Gill*
- 11 centuries – Babar Azam
- 11 centuries – Joe Root
- 10 Centuries – Virat Kohli
- 09 Century – Travis Head
Shubman Gill became the 8th youngest Indian batsman to score a 5th century in Tests for India. In this case, Gill broke Virat Kohli’s record. Gill scored his 5th Test century at the age of 25 years, 13 days, while Virat Kohli’s 5th Test century came at the age of 25 years, 43 days.
Youngest player to score 5th Test century for India
- 19 years, 282 days – Sachin Tendulkar
- 22 years, 218 days – Ravi Shastri
- 23 years, 242 days – Dilip Vengsarkar
- 24 years, 3 days – Mohammad Azharuddin
- 24 years, 73 days – Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
- 24 years, 270 days – Rishabh Pant
- 24 years, 331 days – Sunil Gavaskar
- 25 years, 13 days – Shubman Gill*
- 25 years, 43 days – Virat Kohli
Thanks to this century, Gill has now become the second Indian batsman to score the most centuries in the history of the World Test Championship i.e. WTC. He surpassed Mayank Agarwal, Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli. Captain Rohit Sharma has scored the most 9 centuries for India in WTC.
Most centuries for India in World Test Championship
- 9. Rohit Sharma (56 innings)
- 5 – Shubman Gill (48 innings)*
- 4. Mayank Agarwal (33 innings)
- 4. Rishabh Pant (43 innings)
- 4. Virat Kohli (62 innings)
India declared their second innings at a score of 287/4. In this way, India gave Bangladesh a big target of 514 runs to win. Shubman Gill returned unbeaten after scoring 119 runs while KL Rahul remained unbeaten after scoring 22 runs. Pant contributed 109 runs.
