Opener Shubman Gill brought up a wonderful century, also his second ton in Test cricket as India reached 188\/2 in 63 overs and trail Australia by 292 runs at tea on day threes play in the fourth match of Border-Gavaskar Trophy series at Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Gill is currently unbeaten on 103 off 197 balls, his first Test hundred in India, laced with ten fours and a six, with Virat Kohli giving him company after facing four balls in the session as Cheteshwar Pujara fell at the stroke of tea to Todd Murphy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The start of second session for Gill was exquisite, closing the face of the bat at the right moment to clip Cameron Green through mid-on for four. Pujara, on the other hand, used the pace from Green's short ball to guide it fine for four.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
From there, Australia kept Gill and Pujara in check for 97 balls. But the duo managed to negotiate a tricky phase really well when Australia dried up the runs and never lost their calm.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Gill then broke the shackles in the 57th over with back-to-back boundaries - a punch on backfoot through cover was followed by a sumptuous cover-drive between mid-off and cover. Pujara used his feet against Murphy to drive down the ground for four, followed by Gill dancing down the pitch to smash a boundary off Nathan Lyon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Gill then reached the three-figure mark with a sweep over the leg slip off Murphy, with a sizeable crowd rising to applause a magnificent knock. But the off-spinner closed the over with a wicket, trapping Pujara lbw with a delivery which turned in and went past the inside edge to hit him low on pads.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Lyon threatened Kohli by beating him and edging short of slip in the final over, closing a session where Gill dazzled under the bright Ahmedabad sun.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Brief Scores: Australia 480 in 167.2 overs (Usman Khawaja 180, Cameron Green 114; Ravichandran Ashwin 6\/91, Mohammed Shami 2\/134) lead India 188\/2 in 62 overs (Shubman Gill 103 not out, Cheteshwar Pujara 42; Todd Murphy 1\/18, Matthew Kuhnemann 1\/20) by 292 runs<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Lyon threatened Kohli by beating him and edging short of slip in the final over, closing a session where Gill dazzled under the bright Ahmedabad sun.<\/p>\r\n\r\n