Shubman Gill played a brilliant half -century against the West Indies. (Photo-PTI)
Ind vs wi: After a brilliant performance in England, Team India captain Shubman Gill also made a great debut in Test cricket in his house. In the first innings of the first Test match against the West Indies, he took a brilliant half -century innings and brought the team to a strong position. During this, he hit Fifty for the first time against the visiting team. With this, he has joined a list with former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar, in which no other Indian captain. Sunil Gavaskar did this wonders 47 years ago. Now Shubman Gill has also joined this list.
What did Shubman Gill do?
Captain of Team India Shubman Gill Did wonders against the West Indies. He played a brilliant innings of 50 runs in 100 balls with the help of 5 fours. The right -handed batsman completed his half -century by taking a run off the ball of West Indies bowler Khairi Pierre in the 56th over of the innings. As soon as he completed his half -century, Gill joined a rare list with former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar.
He became the first Indian captain to score a half -century in his first home Test as a captain in 47 years. Gavaskar achieved this achievement in 1978 against West Indies at Wankhede Stadium. However, Gill could not score a century and Roston Chase dismissed him on the last ball of the 57th over. Earlier, Gill also rocked England.
Gill performed brilliantly in England
Team India captain Shubman Gill against England Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy I scored 754 runs in 5 matches. Because of this, he was also chosen as the Player of the Series of India after the Test series 2–2 draw against England.
Apart from this, Shubman Gill is at the top in the year 2025 in terms of scoring the most runs in Test cricket. He has scored 837 runs in 13 innings of 7 matches at an average of 64.38. This includes 4 centuries and 1 half -century. The Indian team opener KL Rahul is at number two. He has so far scored 649* runs in the same innings at an average of 54.08. This includes 3 centuries and 2 half -centuries.