Chennai Test: 2nd innings expert Shubman Gill silences critics with 5th hundred

Shubman Gill silenced his critics with his 6th Test hundred on Saturday, September 21 against Bangladesh on Day 3 of the first Test. Gill got to his landmark off 161 balls and his innings consisted of 9 boundaries and 3 sixes as he answered all the doubters with another second innings special. The first outing for the young batter wasn’t a great one as he was dismissed for an 8-ball duck.

This meant that the 25-year-old joined Virat Kohli in an unwanted list as it was his 3rd duck of the year. Gill was on a mission after his failure in the first innings as his goal was to put India in a position where a win was almost a guarantee. The young batter would bank on his 2nd innings form to get the job done.

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Becoming an expert now, this was Gill’s second hundred in his last 4 outings in the second innings. He had scores of 104, 91 and 52 not out in the series against England. The young batter had restarted his innings at 33 on day 3. After being cautious at the start, Gill would make his intentions clear with 2 sixes off Mehidy Hasan to get to his fifty.

From there, both Gill and Pant decided to take the attack to the Bangladesh bowlers and it seemed like both men were in a race to get to their hundreds.

There was only one moment where Gill almost gave Bangladesh a chance to dismiss him as Taijul Islam almost took a good catch. But since then, the star batter seemed to be calmness personified. He would lose the race with Pant, who scored his 6th century before getting out.

The duo had 167 runs in their partnership to put the game well beyond Bangladesh by that point. Gill would take on the onus to get the runs quickly and went into the 90s with 2 back-to-back boundaries off Shakib. He would then calmly get to his hundred with a single and produced his iconic celebration.

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