IND vs BAN 1st Test: Shubman Gill scores first Test century on Day 3 of first Test match
IND vs BAN 1st Test: Shubman Gill on Friday scored his first Test century on the third day of the first Test match between India and Bangladesh in Chattogram.
An opening batter, Shubham Gill scored the first Test Century in 147 deliveries, hitting eight fours and two sixes on his way. His last best was 91, which he had scored against Australia in Brisbane in 2021. In his 21 innings before this match, Shubham Gill had four fifty-plus scores in Test cricket. In First Class cricket, this was Gill’s ninth 100-plus score.
Shubhman Gill's maiden Test ton, followed by Cheteshwar Pujara's 19th Test century has helped India set a 513-run target for Bangladesh in the third day of the first test at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here. Pujara went on to score his half-century in 87 balls with the help of four boundaries.
The Gill-Pujara 113-run partnership ended after Gill was dismissed by Mehidy Hasan Miraz. Virat Kohli joined Pujara to help India go past the 200-run mark. Pujara and Virat Kohli batted aggressively and scored a fifty-run partnership of just 48 balls for the third wicket.
Pujara shifted gears and went on to score his 19th Test ton in just 130 balls. This was Saurashtra lad's first after January 2019.
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India went on to declare the second innings at 258/2 setting a massive 513-run target for hosts. In reply, Bangladesh too gave a good fight as openers Najmul Hossain Shanto and Zakir Hasan went on to score 42 runs.
India bowled out Bangladesh for 150 taking two remaining wickets in a short span after resumption of play on the third day. Kuldeep Yadav was the pick of Indian bowlers and picked up five wickets conceding only 40 runs.
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Brief Scores: India 404 (Cheteshwar Pujara 90, Shreyas Iyer 86; Mehidy Hasan Miraz 4-112) Bangladesh 150 (Mushfiqur Rahim 28, Mehidy Hasan Miraz 25; Kuldeep Yadav 5-40) vs India 258/2 declare (Shubman Gill 110, Cheteshwar Pujara 102*; Khaled Ahmed 1-51) Bangladesh 42/0 (Najmul Hossain Shanto 25, Zakir Hasan 17; Umesh Yadav 0/0)
- ANI
