Yashasvi Jaiswal shared post-century: Gill’s ‘master plan’ unveiled

Delhi: On the first day of the Hadingley Test, the 129 -run partnership of Yashasvi Jaiswal and captain Shubman Gill raised India from the initial shaking. Jaiswal scored 101 and Gill scored 127 not out in captaincy innings. The day ended at India’s 359/3 score, Pant remained unbeaten on 65 runs.

The beginning of the first day and the importance of partnership

India’s innings started well, but the team came under pressure after KL Rahul (42) and Sai Sudarshan (0), who was making her debut. At that time the score was 92/2.

Strong partnership between Jaiswal and Gill

After that Yashasvi Jaiswal and captain Shubman Gill handled the innings while playing restraint and wisely. Together, both of them shared an important partnership of 129 runs. During this time, the focus of both batsmen was on playing the session and taking advantage of bad balls.

Jaiswal’s statement

“We had a lot of conversation in the middle. Our goal was to play the session by the session, and whenever the ball was found, it was to take advantage of it. It was a great understanding in the team. It was very nice to bat with him. He was calm and restrained.”

Special days for Jaiswal and Gill

Jaiswal scored an innings of 101 runs and became the first foreign batsman to score a Test century in both Australia and England at the age of 23. At the same time, Shubman Gill made 127* runs, making debut as captain and he became the fifth Indian captain to do so.

Pant’s fast innings got bonus

Rishabh Pant played a 65* run innings in the final session and played an unbeaten partnership with Gill. The England bowler, including Ben Stokes, Bridan Cars, Chris Woakes and Shoaib Bashir, could not put pressure on India.

The end of the day is in India’s strong position

By the end of the day, India had made a strong score of 359/3. Gill and Pant were unbeaten at the crease, and India strengthened the hold on England on the first day of the Test.

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