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IND vs ENG: From Tendulkar-Sehwag to Gill-Jaiswal! Day 1 of Leeds Test rewrites history books – Times of India
IND vs ENG: From Tendulkar-Sehwag to Gill-Jaiswal! Day 1 of Leeds Test rewrites history books – Times of India
NEW DELHI: India’s new period in Test cricket started with fashion, composure, and history on Friday as Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal each scored a whole bunch on the primary day of the opening Test in opposition to England at Headingley. India ended a dominant day at 359 for 3, the third-highest first-day rating by an Indian group initially of an abroad tour.
300+ runs on the primary day of a tour for India
- 399/3 vs SL, Galle, 2017
- 372/7 vs SA, Bloemfontein, 2001
- 359/3 vs Eng, Headingley, 2025
- 356/2 vs Pak, Multan, 2004
- 302/4 vs WI, North Sound, 2016
Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!It was solely the third occasion in Indian Test history the place two batters scored centuries on Day 1 of an abroad tour. The different two? Tendulkar and Sehwag in Bloemfontein (2001) and Dhawan and Pujara in Galle (2017).
Two Indian batters scoring 100s on the primary day of a tour
Sachin Tendulkar &Virender Sehwag vs SA, Bloemfontein, 2001- Shikhar Dhawan & Cheteshwar Pujara vs SL, Galle, 2017
- Yashasvi Jaiswal & Shubman Gill vs Eng, Headingley, 2025
Like these iconic begins, this one could come to outline a brand new technology of Indian cricket.Gill, main India for the primary time in Tests, delivered a captain’s knock, a fluent, unbeaten 127. It was his first century outdoors Asia, achieved beneath the added stress of stepping right into a aspect with out fashionable legends like Kohli, Rohit, or Ashwin for the primary time in 14 years.
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Jaiswal, in the meantime, struck a assured 101, turning into the primary Asian opener to rating a Test hundred at Headingley. His innings, marked by crisp off-aspect play and a flurry of boundaries, ended proper after tea when Ben Stokes lastly breached his defenses. Still, the pair’s 176-run stand for the third wicket had already set the tone.
England, who had hoped to exploit early situations after India needed to bowl first, discovered little motion and even much less self-discipline. Their pacers leaked runs all day, with captain Stokes (2/43) providing the one management.Rishabh Pant joined Gill late and ended the day with a sometimes attacking 65*, including to India’s imposing platform. As far as Day 1 statements go, India couldn’t have requested for a greater one to open the five-Test sequence.
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