India Vs Afghanistan : Know who's the first Indian cricketer to score a ton before the lunch in the history of Test Cricket
Virat Kohli's deputy Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and opted to bat first which gave Dhawan the license to blast again against an inexperienced bowling lineup.
Shikher Dhawan became the sixth batsman and the first Indian batsman in the history of the Test match to score a hundred before lunch on Day 1 of a Test match. Before Dhawan Victor Trumper, Charlie Macartney, Don Bradman, Majid Khan and David Warner already achieved this feat.
Shikher Dhawan torned up and demolarised hefty spin department including Afghanistani Spinner Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman, their trump card and mystery spinner.
The left-hander., Dhawan brought hits his hundred in just 87 balls which includes 19 boundaries and three sixes after he got a reprieve early on in his innings.
And, that's Lunch on Day 1 of the one-off Test with #TeamIndia on 158/0 (Dhawan 104*, Vijay 41*).
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 14, 2018
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FIFTY!#TeamIndia opener @mvj888 in good touch here at Bengaluru as he brings up his 16th Test 50.#INDvAFG pic.twitter.com/bGXFAUOTG5
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 14, 2018
Indian Team opener Murali Vijay in good touch here at Bengaluru as he brings up his 16th Test 50.
India Squad:
Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Karun Nair, Dinesh Karthik(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Shikhar Dhawan, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini
Afghanistan Squad:
Mohammad Shahzad(w), Javed Ahmadi, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Asghar Stanikzai(c), Nasir Jamal, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Yamin Ahmadzai, Sayed Shirzad, Wafadar, Zahir Khan, Ihsanullah Janat, Amir Hamza, Afsar Zazai
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First published: 14 June 2018, 12:46 IST
