Shubman Gill with a stunning century, and Virat Kohli‘s classy fifty helped India’s robust reply to Australia on Day 3 of the ongoing fourth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023 at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad.
After conceding 480 in the first innings against Australia, the hosts bounced back in grand style. Gill was the star of the day, notching up his second hundred in the longest format. He, along with captain Rohit Sharma signalled their attacking intent after resuming on 36/0 on Day 3🐲 of the match.
Left-arm spinner Matt Kuhnemann broke the 74-run opening stand by dismissing Rohit, who made 35 runs. Gill then partnered with Cheteshwar Pujara as the duo consolidated India’s position.
Gill smashed a ton with a four off Todd Murphy. However, in the same over, the spinner got rid of Pujar👍a, who fell lbw for 42. The star opener, who was dismissed for 128. featured in three 50-plus partnerships as India, who lead the series 2-1, reached 289/3 at stumps. Kohli was unbeaten on 59, his first test half-century in 16 innings, with Ravindra Jadeja on 16 as India are still 191 behind.
“It feels great to score a hundred here. This is my IPL home ground and glad to get some runs here. The pitch was pretty good to bat on. Anything happening off the pitch was off the rough area. I was looking to pick singles whenever possible. Honestly, I was still trying to be positive and was keep looking for singles. They weren’t attacking that much. We are three down for almost 300. We would look to get a big score on day 4. Who knows the wicket might help our bowlers on day 5,” said Gill after the end of the day’s play.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Stumps on Day 3⃣ of the Fourth Test!
Brilliant batting display by 🇮🇳 as we move to 289/3 at the end of day's play.
We will be 🌞back with Day 4 action tomorrow, with India trailཧing by 191 runs.
Scorecard ▶️
— BCCI (@BCCI)
Team India finish Day 3 at 289/3, trailing Australia by 191 runs.
Shubman Gill: 128
Virat Kohli: 59*— betvisa69.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
H🃏ighlight of the day was the maturity that Shubman Gill showed. There is that wow factor to his shotmaking.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Steve Smith just loves batting🏏
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau)
Real deal
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Wha♍t a gritty, patient and brilliant knock ! 💯 can bat in any situation, can he not?! ✊🏻🔥
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12)
Shubman Gill’s first Test ton at home – beautiful innings. Kohli loved it.
— Adam Collins (@collinsadam)
Well p🍸layed Shubman Gill. T💟est century number 2 and counting. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
King & Prince of world cricket.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Shubman🍎 Gill,ౠ 23, has arrived in Test cricket. 🇮🇳
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
Gavaskar to Tendulkar, Tendulkar to Kohli, Kohli to Gill. will one day b❀e counted among the batting Greats
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
Al🦹ways thought was going to be World class .. the last few months he has proven he is well on his way ..
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
Shubman Gill gets to his 2⃣nd Test century! What a fine inni🐷ngs this h𝓀as been from the Prince. 👏
📸: BCCI
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets)
The moment Shubman Gill scored his 2nd century!
The generational talent.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
Can we call it Gill-Year? 🫡
Way to go, Shubman! 💯
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)
In International cricket in 2023:
•Most runs – Shubman Gill.
•Best average – Shubman Gill.
•Most 100s – Shubman Gill.
•Most 50+ – Shubman Gill.
•Most 4s – Shubman Gill.
•Most 6s – Shubman Gill.
•Most 200s – Shubman Gill (Joint).
•Hundred in all formats – Shubman Gill.— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh)
15th Jan – ODI 100 vs SL
18th Jan – ODI 200 vs NZ
1st Feb – T20 100 vs NZ
11th Mar – Test 100 vs AUSThree months, Three f🍌ormats & Three teams but the result is same. Shubman Gill has smashed century in three formats in singlꦅe calendar year 🔥
— All About Cricket (@allaboutcric_)
The ability to find gaps and the beautiful flow of the bat…Gill continues to impress. ꧒There’s crispness to his batting 👏👏
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Fa💞stest to score centuries in all 3 formats in a calendar year: SHUBMAN GILꩵL
Gill took 70 d🅷ays to com👍plete centuries in all 3 formats.
— Rᴀɪᴋᴀᴛ (@OverMidWicket)
Not all heroes wear capes! 🦹🏻♂️
A terrific 💯 by to bring 🇮🇳 rightꦑ back in the game! 🍷
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
Shubman Gill in 2023 🔥
That’s it, that’s the tweet
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— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL)