IND vs ENG 1st Test: Team India star opener Shubman Gill's early dismissal, scoring only 23 runs off 66 balls on day 2 of the 1st Test between India and England in Hyderabad, adds to his recent struggles in Test cricket. Gill has faced a lean patch in Test cricket for quite some time now as the star opener hasn't managed to score fifty or more runs in his last 10 Test innings for team India.
The last time Gill scored a century (128 runs) in Test cricket was in March 2023, during a match against Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. However, since then, Gill has struggled to amass runs in the longest format, struggling to reach even a half-century mark.
In the subsequent 11 innings after his century in Ahmedabad, Gill's highest score in Test cricket for India has been 36 runs, highlighting his prolonged period of struggle in red-ball cricket.
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In Shubman Gill's last 10 Test innings, his batting performances have been as follows: 13 runs, 18 runs, 6 runs (11 balls), 10 runs (12 balls), 29* runs (37 balls), 2 runs (12 balls), 26 runs (37 balls), 36 runs (55 balls), 10 runs (11 balls), 23 runs (66 balls) - Today (IND vs ENG 1st Test, Day 2)
India 222/3 at Lunch on Day 2
At lunch on Day 2 of IND vs ENG 1st Test, India stands at 222/3, trailing England by 24 runs. KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer have kept the team solid amidst early dismissals. Despite Yashasvi Jaiswal falling short of his century and Shubman Gill departing to debutant Tom Hartley, Rahul and Iyer have formed an unbroken 63-run partnership.