An Unwanted Records for Shubman Gill as He Out on Duck in the 1st Test Match against Bangladesh
IndvsBan Test Series: Shubman Gill failed again in Test cricket. After a long time, he came down to play the Test and did not get a run. He got out for zero runs on the first day of the first Test against Bangladesh.
Shubman Gill Shared Records on Duck with Kohli in Test Cricket: The Indian top order has once again disappointed in the first test match against Bangladesh being played at Chidambaram Stadium. Star batters Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill could not give a good start to the team and after this, experienced batsman Virat Kohli also returned to the pavilion after playing bad shot.
India's young batsman Shubhman Gill got out without opening the account and with this he has registered his name in an unwanted record book. Shubman joined Virat Kohli in an unwanted ducks list with his failure on day one of the Chennai Test against Bangladesh on Thursday, September 19. Gill was dismissed for an 8-ball duck at the Chepauk as he didn't look comfortable at all during the knock.
After the return of Rohit Sharma, Shubman came down. But he never looked at ease while at the crease. The Bangladeshi bowlers repeatedly wanted Shubman to play on the leg side.
Hasan Mahmud was bowling the third ball of the eighth over. He bowls well outside the leg stump. Gill could not even go to flick. The ball bounced lightly off his bat and fell into the hands of wicketkeeper Liton Das.
With this, Shubman was out on duck three times in the Test in one year. Kohli also has this unwanted record. Shubman out on zero against England in the Hyderabad and Rajkot Tests earlier this year.
Mohinder Amarnath is the Indian batsman who has been out on zero the most number of times in a calendar year. In 1983, he could not open his account at five. Kohli's name is also included in this list. In 2021, Kohli was out three times without opening the account.
Rishabh Pant Today against Bangladesh
On the other hand Rishabh Pant was out today after playing an innings of 39 runs in the first Test match against Bangladesh at Chennai ground, but he achieved a big achievement during this period. Rishabh Pant has become the second wicketkeeper batsman for India, who has set a record of scoring more than 4000 runs in international cricket.