Today is the second day of the India vs Afghanistan Test being played in Mullanpur. Shubman Gill (103) and Rishabh Pant (50) took the Indian innings forward today. Gill was out after scoring 126 runs and Pant after scoring 81 runs. With the help of Washington Sundar’s half-century, Team India’s score crossed 550. Mohammad Saleem created history, he became the first Afghan bowler to take a five-wicket haul against India in any format. Afghanistan’s first innings continues.
what happened on the first day
Shubman Gill won the toss and decided to bat first. The pitch is flat, favorable for batting, which the Indian batsmen took advantage of. However, Yashasvi Jaiswal could score only 24 runs. After this, there was a partnership of 139 runs between KL Rahul and Sai Sudarshan, although Rahul would have been out early if the Afghanistan captain had taken DRS on the not out given by the umpire. The ball hit the bat and went into the hands of the wicketkeeper, but the umpire gave him not out. After this Rahul scored a century.
Sai Sudarshan missed his century, he was caught out by Mohammad Salim on the score of 81. After this KL Rahul completed his century, he was out after making 100. Rishabh Pant, who came after this, took the innings forward in a fast-paced manner. Meanwhile, Shubman Gill completed his 10th Test century, this is his sixth century as captain.
Before the end of the day’s play, Rishabh Pant completed his half century. He has hit 3 sixes in his innings so far. He is unbeaten on 50 runs and Shubman Gill is unbeaten on 103 runs. Both will continue the play for the second day today.
indian playing 11
Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Manav Suthar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
Afghanistan’s playing 11
Sediqullah Atal, Rehmanullah Gurbaz, Abdul Malik, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Afsar Zazai (wicketkeeper), Azmatullah Umarzai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Nangeyalia Kharote, Ziaur Rehman, Mohammad Salim.