{"id":177636,"date":"2026-06-06T18:14:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T23:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=177636"},"modified":"2026-06-06T18:14:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T23:44:24","slug":"ind-vs-afg-1st-test-day-1-gill-brings-up-11th-test-century-fastest-in-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=177636","title":{"rendered":"IND vs AFG, 1st test Day 1: Gill brings up 11th Test century, fastest in career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71069594\">Indian captain Shubman Gill brought up his 11th Test century during Day 1 of the first Test against Afghanistan at New Chandigarh on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Gill took just 138 deliveries to reach the feat, making it his fastest Test century. His previous fastest century came against England on captaincy debut in 2025, when Gill took 140 balls to reach the three figure mark. Gill also reached 1000 runs as captain of the Indian test team in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Gill has so far struck 11 boundaries and a six in his innings, and ended the day unbeaten on 103 off 143 balls. The 26-year-old\u2019s century along with KL Rahul 12th Test hundred earlier in the day helped India finish the day on 368\/3, comfortably in the drivers seat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 06, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/international\/shubman-gill-11th-test-century-india-vs-afghanistan-ind-vs-eng-test-series-first-match\/article71069594.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian captain Shubman Gill brought up his 11th Test century during Day 1 of the first Test against Afghanistan at New Chandigarh on Saturday. Gill took just 138 deliveries to reach the feat, making it his fastest Test century. His previous fastest century came against England on captaincy debut in 2025, when Gill took 140 &#8230; <a title=\"IND vs AFG, 1st test Day 1: Gill brings up 11th Test century, fastest in career\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=177636\" aria-label=\"Read more about IND vs AFG, 1st test Day 1: Gill brings up 11th Test century, fastest in career\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":177637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780789465_30_RVM_2968.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":174174,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=174174","url_meta":{"origin":177636,"position":0},"title":"GT vs RR, IPL 2026 Qualifier 2: Gill smashes fifth IPL ton, second in Playoffs","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"May 29, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill smashed his fifth IPL century against Rajasthan Royals in the Qualifier 2 match in Mullanpur on Friday night. 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