Image Source : GETTY IMAGES Shubman Gill scored his maiden half-century in Test cricket, and in addition turned the youngest Indian to put up a 50+ rating in Australia.
Shubman Gill on Friday turned the youngest Indian to put up a 50+ rating in a Test in Australia. The Indian batsman scored his maiden fifty in Tests within the third Test in Sydney.
Gill scored huge grit and persistence to achieve his fifty, taking 100 balls to achieve the determine. However, he was dismissed on the very subsequent ball, as he chased the supply exterior off and located an outside-edge.
Overall, Gill is the fourth-youngest Indian cricketer to attain a fifty exterior Asia.
Here’s an inventory of the youngest Indians to attain a 50+ rating exterior the Asian subcontinent.
Ravi Shastri – in England, 1982 (20y, 44d)
Madhav Apte – in West Indies, 1952/53 (20y, 108d)
Prithvi Shaw – in New Zealand, 2019/20 (20y, 112d)
Shubman Gill – in Australia, 2020/21 (21y, 122d)
Earlier, Gill and Rohit Sharma added 70 runs for the first-wicket partnership, after Australia posted 338 within the first innings of the Sydney Test. Steve Smith made a formidable return to type for the hosts as he scored 131, and was dismissed for the ultimate wicket.
For India, left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja was the choose of the bowlers as he returned with figures of 4/62 in his 18 overs. Pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Navdeep Saini picked two wickets every whereas Mohammed Siraj scalped one. Ace off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, nevertheless, went wicket-less within the 24 overs he bowled and conceded 74 runs.
The four-match collection is at the moment tied at 1-1 with Australia successful the primary Test in Adelaide whereas India registering a win within the second in Melbourne.
