Tendulkar-Sehwag and Gill-Jaiswal New Delhi: A new era of India in a test cricket began on Friday in style, peace and history, when Shaubman Gill and Yashsvi Jaiswal scored on the first day of the opening test against England in Headingley. India ended the dominant day at 359 for 3, the third highest score of the first day with an Indian team at the beginning of an overseas tour.
The first day of tour for India
- 399/3 vs SL, Galle, 2017
- 372/7 vs, Bloemfontein, 2001
- 359/3 vs ENG, Headingley, 2025
- 356/2 vs then, Multan, 2004
- 302/4 vs Wi, North Sound, 2016
Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!It was only the third case in the Indian test history, where two doughs scored centuries on day 1 overseas tour. The other two? Tendulkar and Sehwag in Bloemfontein (2001) and Dhawan and Pujara in Galle (2017).
Two Indian doughs scored 100s on the first day of tour
- Sachin Tendulkar & Virrender Sehwag vs Sa, Bloemfontein, 2001
- Shikhar Dhawan & Cheteshwar Pujara vs SL, Galle, 2017
- YASHASVI JAISWAL & SHMAN GILL VS ENG, Headingley, 2025
Like these iconic beginnings, this may come to define a new generation of the Indian cricket.Gill, who first led India in tests, issued Captain’s knocking, smooth, undefeated 127. It was his first century outside Asia, which was achieved under added pressure to enter the side without modern legends, such as Kohli, Rohit or Ashwin for the first time in 14 years.
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Meanwhile, Jaiswal hit a self -confident 101 and became the first Asian opener to score hundreds in Headingley. His shifts, marked with a sharp off-side game and a gust of border, ended right after tea when Ben Stokes finally broke his defense. Yet, the 176-Runa stand for the third goal has already set the tone.
VAIBHAV SURURYAVANSHI, 14, watches in astonishment when Yashasvi Jaiswal celebrates the century
England, hoping to use the early conditions after India wanted to mix first, found a small movement and even less discipline. Their Pacers escaped running all day and Captain Stokes (2/43) offered a single check.Rishabh Pant joined Gill late and ended the day of the usually attacking 65*and added to the impressive platform of India. In terms of statement 1, India could not request a better opening of a series of five tests.
