India vs Australia: Shubman Gill slams his 2nd Test century
With the weight of expectations on his shoulders, Shubman Gill stood tall to the task and slammed his second Test hundred in the ongoing fourth Test against Australia at Ahmedabad. The 23-year-old played a well-paced innings that had the right mix of patience and aggression (128 off 235 balls). His century helped the host get close to the visitors' total of 480.
A classy knock from Shubman Gill
The Indian opener played with great intent on a pitch that has been favoring the batters. He smashed 10 fours and a six to bring up his first Test hundred at home. He looked good in the 74-run opening stand with captain Rohit Sharma, and once he got out, Gill took the lead. Gill scored his first Test hundred against Bangladesh last December.
Most runs scored since the start of the year
Gill has been in fiery form as he has been smoking hundreds across formats. He is the highest run-scorer this year with 923 runs, which includes five hundreds and one fifty, averaging 71. Earlier this year, he became the youngest Indian to slam a T20I hundred and also the youngest Indian to score a double-hundred in ODIs, both against New Zealand.
How has the match progressed?
Australia batted first and scored a mammoth 480, courtesy of hundreds from Usman Khawaja (180) and Cameron Green (114). In reply, India got off to a great start until Rohit perished. However, Gill continued the charge along with Chesteshwar Pujara as the duo helped the host cross the 150-run mark. India are still behind by over 250 runs.
Gill attains these feats
Gill has become the fourth Indian player behind Suresh Raina, Rohit, and KL Rahul to score hundreds in all three formats in a year. He also becomes the first batter to score centuries in all three formats this year. Gill now has the joint-third-most tons (7) among Indian batters at the age of 23, behind Sachin Tendulkar (22) and Kohli (15).
