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Gill came out to bat at No. 4 for India in his first Test as captain and crossed the 100-run mark in the third session of the first day’s play at Headingley in Leeds.
Shubman Gill becomes fifth Indian to score century in first Test as captain. (Picture Credit: AP)
Shubman Gill entered his name in the history books on Friday (June 20) by becoming the fifth Indian cricketer to score a century in his first Test as captain. The 25-year-old right-handed batter was appointed as India’s 37th Test captain on May 24, 2025, when chief selector Ajit Agarkar announced India’s 18-member squad for a five-match Test series against England, and he made his Test captaincy debut on June 20. During the third session of the first day’s play at Headingley in Leeds, Gill crossed the 100-run mark and joined Virat Kohli in an elite list.
Kohli also scored a century (115) for India in his first Test as captain.
Vijay Hazare was the first Indian to score a century on his Test debut as captain, and he was followed by Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, and Kohli.
Indians to score century in first Test as captain
- Vijay Hazare – 164* vs England in Delhi (1951)
- Sunil Gavaskar – 116 vs New Zealand in Auckland (1976)
- Dilip Vengsarkar – 102 vs West Indies in Delhi (1987)
- Virat Kohli – 115 and 141 vs Australia in Adelaide (2014)
- Shubman Gill – 102* vs England in Leeds (2025)
Gill is the second Indian batter to score a century on Friday. Before him, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal also scored a century for India. The left-handed batter faced 159 balls and, with the help of 16 fours and one six, amassed a total of 101 runs. He added 129 runs for the third wicket with Gill.
In his first Test as captain, Gill came out to bat at No. 4 and crossed the 100-run mark in 140 balls with the help of 14 fours.
He is overall the eighth Indian batter after Vijay Manjrekar, MAK Pataudi, Dilip Vengsarkar, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and Jaiswal to score a century in Tests at Headingley.
Indians to score Test century in Leeds
| PLAYER | RUNS | BALLS | 4/6s | YEAR |
| Vijay Manjrekar | 133 | – | 19/- | 1952 |
| MAK Pataudi | 148 | 348 | 15/1 | 1967 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | 102* | 216 | 10/- | 1986 |
| Rahul Dravid | 148 | 307 | 23/- | 2002 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 193 | 330 | 19/3 | 2002 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 128 | 167 | 14/3 | 2002 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 101 | 159 | 16/1 | 2025 |
| Shubman Gill | 102* | 140 | 14/- | 2025 |
Gill, who made his Test debut for India on December 26, 2020, against Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground, now has scored six centuries in the World Test Championship (WTC). Only Rohit Sharma (9) has scored more triple-digit scores than him in the WTC for India. If Gill scores at least 107 runs in the ongoing match, then he will become the fourth Indian batter to score 2000 runs in the WTC.
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