Indian Batsman Shubman Gill Makes a Stunning Comeback With a Century Against England in 2nd Test

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Shubman Gill scored a brilliant century against England after battling from poor form in the previous innings since the World Cup 2023. The dashing opener batsman who recently secured the number 3 position for India in the absence of Virat Kohli scored a brilliant ton against England in the 2nd test. India lost early wickets of captain Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal on 17 and 13 runs, respectively, followed by Shreyas Iyer on 29 and Rajat Patidar on 9 runs. Axar Patel built a formidable partnership with Shubman Gill to help the youngster chase his much-deserved century after a long wait while battling poor form.

Shubman Gill scored 100 runs off 132 deliveries at a strike rate of 75.88. India has built 350 runs for England to chase to win the second test match. England is up by 1-0 against host India in a five-match test series. This is Shubman Gill’s first century against England in test format and his third in international test cricket. This knock remains special for the dashing opener when he failed miserably in the past few innings. He reached his hundred by smashing 11 fours and 2 sixes.

After the arrival of Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill will be expected to bat at number 3 while Virat will continue to hold his number 4 position in test cricket. Shubman Gill has replaced Cheteshwar Pujara in test cricket after the Indian team is seen going under transition, moving on from test specialist Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, and Ishant Sharma. Lately, former cricketing legend, Kevin Pietersen has voiced his opinion on Shubman Gill where mentioning that the swashbuckling Indian batsman will need some time to move out of poor patch. It will be interesting to see if India will benefit from his ton to win the level the series.