India opener Shikhar Dhawan created history in the iconic Test against Afghanistan, at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday, as he became the first Indian batsman to score a hundred before lunch on day one.
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At lunch, India raced to 158 for no wicket in only 27 overs. Dhawan did the maximum damage with his 91-ball 104. The innings comprised 19 fours and three sixes.
| The other five Victor Trumper (Australia) v England in Manchester, 1902 Charles Macartney (Australia) v England in Leeds, 1921 Don Bradman (Australia) v England in Leeds, 1930 Majid Khan (Pakistan) v New Zealand in Karachi, 1976 David Warner (Australia) v Pakistan in Sydney, 2017 Shikhar Dhawan (India) v Afghanistan in Bengaluru, 2018 |
Dhawan reached the three-figure mark — his seventh in red ball cricket — off only 87 balls. The innings had flashes of his debut ton, that came off 85 balls, against Australia five years ago.
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