Indian batsmen: Team India was bowled out for 471 runs in the first innings of the Leeds Test match.
Indian batsmen: India’s first innings ended at 471 runs on the second day of the first Test being played between India and England in Leeds. On Saturday, India started the game with a score of 359/3, but the visiting team could not live up to expectations. On the second day, India lost its remaining seven wickets for just 112 runs. The fall of four wickets in the first session gave England a chance to come back. England captain Ben Stokes and fast bowler Josh Tongue bowled brilliantly and took four wickets each, due to which India could not touch the 500-run mark.
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Historic feat of three centuries
Captain Shubman Gill (147), wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant (134) and opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (101) scored centuries for India. This is the feat of Indian batsmen scoring three centuries in a Test innings outside Asia after 19 years. Earlier in 2006, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid and Mohammad Kaif had achieved this feat against West Indies at Gros Islet. Gill and Pant made a brilliant partnership of 209 runs for the fourth wicket, which put India in a strong position.
Pant’s record and lifeline
Rishabh Pant started the game with 65 runs in the morning and batted brilliantly while keeping the strike with himself. He got a lifeline at 124 runs, when Jamie Smith missed a stumping opportunity on the ball of off-spinner Shoaib Bashir. Pant first scored 94 runs by hitting a six and then completed 99 runs by playing cautiously. After getting out in the nervous nineties seven times in Test cricket, this time he showed patience and completed the seventh Test century of his career by hitting a six to Bashir. With this, Pant surpassed MS Dhoni (6 centuries) to become the wicketkeeper batsman to score the most Test centuries for India.
Gill’s highest score and performance of other batsmen
Shubman Gill scored the highest score of his Test career (147), but Bashir got him caught by Josh Tongue at backward square leg. Karun Nair, who returned to the Test team after eight years, was dismissed in four balls without opening his account. Ravindra Jadeja scored 11 runs, while Jasprit Bumrah could not open his account. India’s batting faltered in the final session, giving England a chance to come back.
Three centuries by Indian batsmen in an innings outside Asia
Gavaskar, Srikkanth and Mohinder v Australia Sydney 1986
Dravid, Tendulkar and Ganguly v England Headingley 2002
Sehwag, Dravid and Kaif v West Indies Gros Islet 2006
Jaiswal, Gill and Pant v England Headingley 2025
