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Shubman Gill Creates History, Breaks Record Held By Virat Kohli On Captaincy Debut
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India are currently taking on England in the first Test of the five-match series at the Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds, England. after the retirement of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma from the longest format of the game. On his captaincy debut, Gill proved all doubters wrong as he looks in sublime form with the bat. On his captaincy debut for India, Gill managed to break a record that was previously held by Virat Kohli. Shubman Gill has become the youngest player to slam a century on Test captaincy debut for India, at the age of 25 years 285 days. He overtakes Virat Kohli who scored a century on his Test captaincy debut vs Australia in Adelaide at the age of 26 years and 34 days. Overall Shubman Gill becomes the fourth Indian player to hit a century on his captaincy debut. He also becomes the first Indian to slam a century in his captaincy debut in England. FOLLOW: India Vs England 1st Test Live Score And Updates Here are the Indians with century on their debut innings as Test captain Vijay Hazare vs England, 1951 Sunil Gavaskar vs New Zealand, 1976 Virat Kohli vs Australia, 2014 Shubman Gill vs England, 2025 India On Top On Day 1 England won the toss and elected to bowl first. Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul, who opened the batting had a brilliant stand of 91 runs. Rahul was the first wicket to fall after scoring 42 runs by Brydon Carse. Just a few balls later, Sai Sudharsan, the new batter at no.3 was dismissed for a duck, as he had a debut to forget. After lunch, Jaiswal and captain Shubman Gill continued India's onslaught. The duo went on to slam a century partnership. Jaiswal went on to score a century in his first innings on English soil. He was dismissed for 101. After that Rishabh Pant and Gill have continued to score the runs with a century stand, with Gill going on to slam a ton. Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from Sports, Cricket and around the world.
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