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On the first day of the Headingley Test of the Anderson Tendulkar Trophy, the Indian youngsters took the charge as Yashasvi Jaiswal and the newly anointed Captain, Shubman Gill scored fabulous centuries in the first innings. Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, two of India’s greatest batters, recalled their Headingley test match of 2002.
The Master Blaster, Sachin took to his social media after the day’s play and put out a post on X appreciating the day’s play. He complemented Rahul and Jaiswal for providing such a solid start to the innings and stitching up a partnership of 91. He then congratulated the two centurions on their remarkable knocks. He also applauded the contributions of the new Vice-captain, Rishabh Pant.
“A solid foundation laid by KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal enabled India to have a good day. Congratulations to Yashasvi and Shubman Gill for their brilliant centuries. Rishabh Pant’s contribution was equally important for the team,” Tendulkar wrote.
The legendary cricketer then reminisced about one of his matches at Headingley in 2002 where he, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid all crossed the triple digit mark in the first innings of the match. The legend speculated on who is going to be the third centurion this time.
“India’s batting today reminded me of the Headingley Test in 2002, when Rahul, Sourav Ganguly, and I scored hundreds in the first innings, and we went on to win the Test. Today, Yashasvi and Shubman have done their part. Who will be the third centurion this time?” Sachin added.
Sourav Ganguly replied to Sachin’s tweet and stated that not only three this time the Indian team could see 4 batters getting a hundred. He took a slight dig at the batting friendly pitch in the match and stated that the surface that they played on was different.
Ganguly wrote, “Hi Champ .. this time it could be 4 .. on this good surface .. pant and maybe karun .. the surface on day 1 in 2002 .. was a bit different then this ..”
In the end Ganguly’s prediction took a slight bump as India did get 3 centurions in the innings but Karun Nair, for whom dada said maybe he could get the three figures, failed to get the scoreboard moving. However, with Pant reaching the landmark in the first session, India repeated history as three batsmen crossed the landmark.
