Sai Sudarshan made his debut but did not open the account, still joined the list of legends like Virat-Dravid

Sai Sudarshan got a chance to play his Test debut in the first Test against England at Headingley on Friday. He was the 317th Test player for India. But he was disappointing and was not even able to make a single digit. Sudarshan was the fourth Indian cricketer to make a debut on 20 June. Till that date, Rahul Dravid had made a debut in 1996, Sourav Ganguly had made a debut in 1996, and Virat Kohli had made a debut too on 20 June, and they had played more than 100 Test matches each.

Shubman Gill's era started for Indian Test cricket on Friday. On the opening Test encounter with England that started here, India was forced to bat first after losing the toss. Host England skipper Ben Stokes was of the view that his quick bowlers would send the Indian team's big guns down cheaply in conducive conditions, but that didn't come to pass. The pairing of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Lokesh Rahul gave Team India a slow but solid start.

Yashasvi Jaiswal continued his excellent form and scored a half-century. However, Rahul was unfortunate and lost the chance to play a long innings by playing the wrong shot. He was dismissed after scoring 42 runs with eight fours in 78 balls. Sai Sudarshan, who came in at number three, could not even open the account. By the time the news was written, the Indian team had scored 135 runs after losing two wickets.

Yashasvi Jaiswal created history by scoring a century at Headingley. He has scored a century as an Indian batsman on this ground after 73 years. Earlier in 1953, Vijay Manjrekar had scored a century. Jaiswal was dismissed by Ben Stokes after scoring a century. He also hit 16 fours and 1 six in his innings. This was the 5th century of his career and the first in England. Apart from this, opener Lokesh Rahul also made an interesting record. Since 2021, he has become the batsman who has left the most balls in the first 20 overs. He left behind former New Zealand batsman Tom Latham.