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India created history in the Leeds Test against England. For the first time, Team India scored five centuries in a single match in their 93 -year Test history. Rishabh Pant scored two while KL Rahul, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal scored one century each.
Delhi: The Indian cricket team created history in the Leeds Test on Monday (June 23). The brilliant century innings of KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant helped India give India a big target of 371 runs in the fourth innings in front of England. This was Rahul’s third century in England, while Pant scored a second century in this match. India scored a total of five centuries in this Test. Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant scored centuries in the first innings. India scored 477 runs in the first innings.
Five different centuries for India for the first time in Test history
This is the first time in India’s Test history, when five different players scored centuries in one Test. India has been playing Test cricket since 1932 and it was its 590th match. Earlier, four centuries were scored in a Test for India four times, but they were all in Asia.
India’s most century in a Test match
| opposing team | Number of centuries | Players scoring century | place | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | Rishabh Pant (2), KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill | Leeds | 2025 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar | Ahmedabad | 2009 |
| South Africa | 4 | Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, MS Dhoni | Kolkata | 2010 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | Virat Kohli, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma | Delhi | 2017 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | Dinesh Karthik, Wasim Jafar, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar | Mirpur | 2007 |
Now India has become the fifth team in the world, which has done the feat to score five centuries in a Test match. Earlier, only Pakistan has done this twice, and Australia, England, West Indies have done this once.
Team India has become the second team to do such a feat abroad. Earlier in 1955, Australia scored five centuries against the West Indies in Jamaica.
Test match reached exciting turn
By the end of the fourth day’s play, England have scored 20 runs without losing wickets. The hosts still need 350 runs to win, while India has to take 10 wickets to win. The match has now reached an exciting turn in the decisive day.
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