India’s ‘price’ Shubman Gill finally pushed the critics off his back, scoring his third Test century on Day 3 of the second Test against England in Vizag.
Gill, who had been in the line of fire owing to repeated poor shows with the bat, rode his luck at early stages to reach the triple-digit score. As Gill scored a century, the legendary Sachin Tendulkar took to Twiter to share a brilliant praise for the top-order batter.
“This innings by Shubman Gill was full of skill! Congratulations on a well timed 100!,” Tendulkar tweeted.
R Ashwin (1 batting) was playing alongside home crowd favourite K S Bharat (6 batting) at the break.
There aren’t any demons in the pitch and considering England’s batting approach, India would want to bat for as long as possible and set a massive target for the visitors.
Gill stole the show with a third Test hundred but Axar also looked assured batting at number six. A back-foot punch followed by a cover drive off James Anderson at the start of the session set the tone for his innings.
Gill, who had completed his half century before lunch, continued to attack the spinners.
Leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed tried the round the wicket tactic but it did not work as Gill stepped out to smash him for a straight six before unleashing the sweep and on-drive for back to back fours in the same over.
The India number three got to three figures