Shubman Gill has made a thumping ‘Captaincy Debut’ as he slammed a century during the First Test of the Five-Match series against England at Leeds. Gill has joined a rare list of Indian players in a major milestone.

Shubman has begun his ‘Test Captaincy’ on a historic note as he slammed a century in his maiden innings as skipper during the first Test match against England. Taking over the reins from Rohit Sharma straightaway in a tough England tour; Gill slammed his maiden ton outside Asia.

Gill has now become just the fourth Indian player to hit a hundred in his maiden innings as captain in Test cricket. He joins the elite list featuring Vijay Hazare, Sunil Gavaskar and Virat Kohli, becoming only the fourth Indian Captain to have done so.

Other Indian players with centuries in maiden innings as captain:

Vijay Hazare: 164* vs England in Delhi in 1951

Sunil Gavaskar: 116 vs New Zealand in Auckland in 1976

Virat Kohli: 115 vs Australia vs Australia in Adelaide in 2014

Now, being included among them, Gill becomes the youngest Indian to hit a ton in maiden innings as captain

Meanwhile, Gill is also the youngest Indian player to score a hundred on a maiden innings as captain in Test cricket. He was the youngest man to hit a fifty in maiden innings as Skipper and now becomes the youngest to hit a hundred too at 25yrs and 285days.

List of Indians to hit century in maiden innings as Test captain: Vijay Hazare; Hemu Adhikari; Nari Contractor; Chandu Borde; Sunil Gavaskar; Sourav Ganguly; Virat Kohli; KL Rahul; and, Shubman Gill.

In what had been a strong day for the Indian batters, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal had slammed century earlier. Jaiswal has become the first Indian player to hit a century in both Australia and England in his first Test match. Jaiswal had slammed 161 on his maiden Test on Australian soil in Perth and now hit 101 before getting dismissed by a peach from Ben Stokes in the third session of the opening day.

Earlier, Indian were asked to bat first after England captain Ben Stokes had won the toss. "We'll bowl. ‘Headingley’ is a very good cricket wicket. We've had some really good games here. Want to try and use the early conditions. Been a long time coming, bit strange that this is just the second series, but we're ready. It's been mixed, some lads have played county cricket, and we've had three days of really good cricket. Usual suspects in the top seven, Woakes, Brydon, Bashir, Tongue, and I make up the bowling," England captain Ben Stokes had said at the toss.

"Would've bowled first as well, might be a bit tough in the first session, but it should be good to bat on later. The sun is out, should be a good batting deck for us. Preparation has been amazing, we played a practice game in Beckenham, and the lads are feeling great. Sai makes his debut, and Karun comes in. Sai will bat at three," India skipper Gill had said.

However, Sai Sudharsan becomes first India batter in 15 years to register duck on Test debut. In spite of that, India bossed the opening day on their tour to England as Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant piled up some big runs to take the visitors to 359/3 at Leeds on Friday, June 20.

Newly-appointed captain Gill walked back unbeaten on 127 with vice-captain Pant going unscathed on 65, with India taking control of the proceedings at Headingley. Earlier, Jaiswal had slammed a scintillating century too.

England had opted to bowl first, with precedent suggesting them to chase later. All six previous matches have been won by teams bowling first. However, the Indian batters batted with solidarity and mowed down the already depleted English bowling line-up, which was without Gus Atkinson, Mark Wood and Jofra Archer.

With hardly any swing and seam on offer, Chris Woakes and company looked toothless. Ben Stokes was the most potent bowler, with others struggling for control big time. The England skipper bagged two wickets while Brydon Carse got one in an otherwise off day for the bowlers.

Jaiswal and Gill slammed centuries to register several milestones along the way. Jaiswal has become the first player to hit tons in his first Test in both Australia and England. Meanwhile, Gill, on his captaincy debut hit an unbeaten hundred on the opening day. Gill has become just the fourth Indian player ever to score a hundred in his maiden Test innings, joining the likes of Sunil Gavaskar, Virat Kohli and Vijay Hazare.

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