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Newspoint on MSNShubman Gill Century: Shubman Gill created history by scoring a century in the Manchester Test, an Indian did this after 35 years
Shubman Gill has created history. After 35 years, an Indian has scored a century in Test cricket at the Manchester ground. Indian captain Shubman Gill has registered his name in the pages of history.
Shubman Gill etched his name in the history books with his fourth ton of the series at Old Trafford in Manchester against England. The 25-year-old broke a world record, which was first set by Don Bradman in 1938.
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Gill has now tied with Don Bradman and Sunil Gavaskar for most centuries as captain in a Test series, whilst also becoming the first player to hit four hundreds in their debut Test series as captain.
Shubman Gill can break an 88-year-old record of the great Don Bradman during the fifth Test against England at the Oval in London. Gill is on a record-breaking spree on the England tour and has scored over 700 runs in the series.
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India’s response was built on resolve, patience and flair – most notably from Gill and KL Rahul, who stitched a 188-run third-wicket stand. Rahul, rock-solid for 230 balls, fell nine short of a century to an unplayable nip-backer from Ben Stokes, but by then had already laid a solid platform.
Shubman Gill starred in Birmingham and Manchester, prompting Sanjay Manjrekar to say India missed Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, but not their runs.
India will consider whether to go back on their plan to restrict Jasprit Bumrah to just three Tests in England after keeping a five-match series alive with a