Ind vs Aus: Shubman Gill Hits Century, India Toil Hard With Bat on Day 3

Indian opener KL Rahul was severely criticized for his poor performances in the Ind vs Aus series. The player was finally dropped and Shubman Gill was given the opportunity. The young opener had a below-average performance in Indore but it was during the 4th game, he scored a sensational century helping India get closer to Australia’s first-innings total.

Steve Smith had won the toss and elected to bat first. The Australian team put up a score of 480 runs in 2 days with Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green scoring centuries each. In the first innings of India’s innings, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill started well but the captain couldn’t hold onto a big score. Gill and Pujara toiled hard to inch closer to Australia’s score of 480. It was right before the tea break that the young batter reached his second test century.

We would look to get a big score on day 4: Shubman Gill

After the end of day 3 of the 4th Ind vs Aus game, Shubman Gill acknowledged that it was a good feeling to reach the 3 digit score. “It feels great to score a hundred here. This is my IPL home ground and glad to get some runs here. The pitch was pretty good to bat on. Anything happening off the pitch was off the rough area. I was looking to pick singles whenever possible. Honestly, I was still trying to be positive and was keep looking for singles. They weren’t attacking that much. We are three down for almost 300. We would look to get a big score on day 4. Who knows the wicket might help our bowlers on day 5,” Shubman Gill said.

The Indian batter has been in red-hot form so far in 2023. Shubman Gill’s form will be crucial for the men in blue not only in the upcoming World Test Championship but also in the ODI World Cup 2023. At stumps on day 3, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja are batting overnight. The former India captain has reached his first half-century in 15 test innings and will look forward to converting it into a century. Looking at the game with 2 days to go, it looks like the game is heading towards a draw. India is leading the Ind vs Aus series 2-1.