On October 11, at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal spoke up about his run-out confusion with Indian skipper Shubman Gill during the second Test match against the West Indies. Since Jaiswal started Day 2 on 173, supporters had hoped he would turn it into a double century, but that goal eluded him.
In the second over of the day, the left-handed batter was run out after adding just two runs to his overnight total. After driving Jayden Seales’ delivery to mid-off, Yashasvi Jaiswal tried a fast single. Aware of the potential danger, Gill, the non-striker, denied the run. Since Jaiswal realised too late, he was unable to go back to the crease in time. When Tagenarine Chanderpaul threw the ball to Tevin Imlach, the wicketkeeper for the West Indies removed the bails to complete the dismissal.
It’s a component of the game, yes. After the play of the second day, Yashasvi Jaiswal told JioStar, “It’s okay.
On the other hand, Gill’s unbeaten century on Day 2 made him the fifth player in history to record the most hundreds in the World Test Championship (WTC). In his 129*-run innings off 196 balls, Gill hit two sixes and 16 boundaries.
The right-hander has now amassed 2826 runs at an average of 43.47 and a strike rate of 61.36 in 39 WTC games, including 10 hundreds, thanks to this knock. He still has the highest score in the sport, 269, which he achieved earlier this year in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025 versus England.
With his hundred, Gill also became the Indian player with the most WTC hundreds, surpassing the nine hundred of former India captain Rohit Sharma. With his undefeated century on Day 2, Gill becomes the second Indian skipper to reach the five-hundred-run mark in a single calendar year, following Virat Kohli in 2017 and 2018.
In 134.2 overs, India declared their innings at 518/5 thanks to centuries from Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal. West Indies fell 378 runs down at 140/4 on Day 2 stumps.
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