Shubman Gill Hundred: Indian captain Shubman Gill has created a ruckus with his bat in the test match being played against Afghanistan. Gill batted brilliantly and completed his century in 138 balls. On the basis of this historic innings played as captain, he not only took the Indian team to a strong position, but also made many big records in the cricket world.
equaled coach Gautam Gambhir
Till the end of the first day’s play, Shubman Gill remained unbeaten after scoring 103 runs on 143 balls. During this, he hit 11 fours and 1 six. With this century, Shubman Gill has now scored a total of 20 centuries in international cricket. With this, he has equaled the centuries of India’s current head coach Gautam Gambhir, who also has 20 centuries in his name in international cricket.
Highest international century for India
- 100 – Sachin Tendulkar
- 82 – Virat Kohli
- 50 – Rohit Sharma
- 48 – Rahul Dravid
- 38 – Sourav Ganguly
- 38 – Virender Sehwag
- 35- Sunil Gavaskar
- 29- Mohammad Azharuddin
- 24- Shikhar Dhawan
- 23- VVS Laxman
- 22- KL Rahul
- 20 – Shubhman Gill
- 20- Gautam Gambhir
Looking at the speed at which Shubman Gill is scoring runs, it is clear that he will soon leave behind big names like Shikhar Dhawan (24) and VVS Laxman (23) in the coming times.
Dhoni and Ganguly left behind
On the other hand, this century is the 11th century of Shubman Gill’s Test career. However, this is his sixth century as Test captain. By touching this figure, he has left behind India’s two most successful and great captains Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sourav Ganguly. Both Dhoni and Ganguly have 5-5 centuries in their names as Test captains. Now Gill has overtaken these two giants in this list. At the same time, the record of scoring most centuries as a Test captain for India is in the name of Virat Kohli, who has scored 20 Test centuries while being the captain.
Most centuries as captain for India in Tests
- 20 – Virat Kohli (113 innings)
- 11 – Sunil Gavaskar (74 innings)
- 9 – Mohd. Azharuddin (78 innings)
- 7 – Sachin Tendulkar (43 innings)
- 6 – Shubhman Gill (15 innings)
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