Young Indian batsman Shubman Gill created history with his brilliant innings against New Zealand on the second day of the third Test match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. On the second day, Shubman Gill worked hard to get the innings going along with Rishabh Pant while taking firm control of the innings. The two teamed up to score 96 runs in the fifth wicket. Rishabh Pant fell victim to Glenn Phillips after scoring 60 runs. After this, Ravindra Jadeja (14) and Sarfaraz Khan made cheap exits and returned to the pavilion. During this period, Gill maintained a running pace in his personal account while dealing with one end. However, as he approached his century, he was evaded by a brilliant delivery from Ajaz Patel and gave up his wicket. Just like that, Shubman Gill missed a century. Gill was just 10 runs away from his century. This was the fourth time he had fallen victim to the tense nineties.
The 25-year-old Indian player who was eliminated in the most tense 1990s
- 6 times – Rishabh pants
- 5 times – Sachin Tendulkar
- 5 times – Rahul Dravid
- 4 times – Virat Kohli
- 4 times – Shubman Gill*
Jill won hearts
Although Shubman Gill failed to complete his Test century, he created many great records to his name on the basis of 90 innings. Gill hit 7 fours and 1 six in his innings. Just like that, the young Indian batsman left behind many batsmen including Rohit Sharma. In fact, before this match, Shubman Gill was ranked 15th in the list of highest runs scored in the World Test Championship 2023-25, but after this innings, he has entered the top ten. Gill is now the top run-scorer in the current WTC cycle. Gill performed brilliantly in this game, leaving the likes of Rohit Sharma, Saud Shakir, Ben Stokes, Rajin Ravindra and Dhananjay de Silva behind. behind.
Pujara also stayed.
In fact, Shubman Gill scored 878 runs in 23 innings at an average of 43.90, including 3 centuries and 3 half-centuries, in 13 Test matches at the WTC from 2023-25. With this half-century in the game, Gill has now overtaken Cheteshwar Pujara to become the highest run-scorer in WTC history. In the WTC, Pujara scored 1769 runs in 62 innings of 35 Test matches, while Gill scored 1799 runs in only 29 Test matches.
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