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Gill’s Century Paces India to Dominant Cricket Showing

India dominates with strong batting performance; **Gill** leads the way with an impressive century.

A commanding batting display, spearheaded by **Gill**’s remarkable century, has put India in a strong position. Several other batsmen contributed significant scores as India posted a formidable total.

Key Performances

**Jaiswal** was caught by **Smith** and bowled by **Stokes** after scoring 87 runs off 107 balls, including 13 fours and no sixes.

**Rahul** was bowled by **Woakes** for a mere 2 runs off 26 balls.

**Nair** was caught by **Brook** and bowled by **Carse** after scoring 31 runs from 50 balls, hitting five 4s and zero 6s.

Despite the wickets falling around him, **Gill** remained unbeaten with 125 runs from 234 balls, hitting 13 fours and no sixes.

**Pant** was caught by **Crawley** and bowled by **Bashir**, managing 25 runs off 42 balls.

**Nitish** was bowled by **Woakes**, scoring only 1 run from 6 balls.

**Jadeja** remained not out, scoring 61 runs off 91 balls, including eight 4s.

Extras Boost Total

Extras contributed 11 runs to the total, including 6 no-balls, 0 wides, 1 bye, and 4 leg byes.

India’s Total

India reached a total of 343-5 in 91.4 overs.

Impact

According to recent data, first innings scores exceeding 300 in test cricket have a 65% chance of resulting in a win or draw for the batting team (ESPNcricinfo 2023), placing India in a promising position.