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India National Cricket Team captain Shubman Gill has smashed a brilliant century on Day 1 of the ongoing one-off Test against the Afghanistan National Cricket Team in New Chandigarh. Gill played a composed yet stylish knock to reach another major milestone in his young career.
Gill hammered his 11th Test hundred in his first match at his home ground as India’s Test captain. It was his 6th century as India’s Test captain. With this knock, the right-hander stamped his authority as India’s next superstar in the traditional format of the game.
Shubman Gill smashes brilliant century in IND vs AFG Test
Shubman Gill now holds the record for the most centuries by an Indian in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) history, with 11 hundreds to his name in the competition. The India captain reached his hundred in 138 balls, hitting 11 fours and a six against Afghanistan.
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KL Rahul, who also hit a stunning century in the ongoing one-off Test against Afghanistan in New Chandigarh, holds the second spot with 7 centuries in the ICC World Test Championship among active players. Notably, Rohit Sharma has nine centuries to his name in the WTC, but he already retired from the longest format of the game last year.
Shubman Gill joins elite club with 6th Test century as India captain
Well, Gill showed calmness, timing, and strong command at the crease and made a strong mark with the bat in his short captaincy career. This was the right-hander’s 6th Test century as India captain, which puts him among the top Indian skippers with the most hundreds in Test cricket.
Gill has now become the fifth Indian captain with the most hundreds, with Virat Kohli leading the chart with 20 tons, followed by Sunil Gavaskar (11), Mohammad Azharuddin (9), and Sachin Tendulkar (7). With this knock, Gill also reached a major milestone by completing 1,000 runs as India’s Test captain.
He carried his red-hot IPL form straight into Test cricket. After a brilliant IPL 2026 season, the Gujarat Titans captain has continued to dominate with the bat for India. He scored 732 runs in 16 matches at an impressive average of 45.75 and a strong strike rate of 163.02 for GT in the IPL 2026.
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He finished as the second-highest run scorer of the season and also led Gujarat Titans all the way to the final, where they narrowly lost to Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Overall, Gill’s Test record continues to grow as he has so far scored 2,946 runs at an average of 43.32 in 41 matches.
KL Rahul warns of tough batting conditions in IND vs AFG Test
As India reached 368/3 at the stumps on Day 1 against Afghanistan, the centurion KL Rahul said that the batting will be tough as he feels the bowlers will still get help as the surface has cracks, loose soil, and uneven bounce, which will make batting tough as the match goes on.
After stumps, KL Rahul stated that the pitch would assist a bit of good bowling. He added that even the fast bowlers would remain in the game as the cracks were opening up and the soil was not very hard. He further explained that the surface had a loose top layer, which could influence the behaviour of the pitch as the match progressed.
