Mullanpur | Skipper Shubman Gill and KL Rahul struck smooth hundreds as India posted a strong 368/3 at stumps on Day 1 of the one-off Test against Afghanistan here on Saturday.
Gill was batting on 103 at close along with Rishabh Pant (50 batting). Pant and Gill have so far added 121 runs for the fourth wicket.
It was Gill's 11th hundred in Tests.
Rahul completed his 12th hundred in Test cricket before getting out soon after.
B Sai Sudharsan also played a good hand with an 81, and he added 139 runs for the second wicket with Rahul.
Scoreboard at stumps on the first day of the one-off Test between India and Afghanistan here.
India 1st Innings
Yashasvi Jaiswal c Afsar Zazai b Mohammad Saleem 24
KL Rahul c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Ziaur Rahman 100
Sai Sudharsan c Afsar Zazai b Mohammad Saleem 81
Shubman Gill batting 103
Rishabh Pant batting 50
Extras: (lb-5, nb-4, w-1) 10
Total: 368/3 in 85 overs
Fall of wickets: 1-41, 2-180, 3-247
Bowling: Ziaur Rahman 15-2-61-1, Azmatullah Omarzai 14-3-42-0, Mohammad Saleem 13-1-67-2, Nangeyalia Kharote 20-0-95-0, Abdul Malik 6-0-37-0, Hashmatullah Shahidi 17-0-61-0.
