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Fans online shared funny memes after witnessing a dominant batting performance from Team India on the opening day of the first Test against England on Friday, June 20. The Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds is hosting the encounter.
The visiting side managed to reach 359/3 in 85 overs at stumps and got off to a great start in the match and series. The captain and vice-captain duo of Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant are at the crease for India after stitching an unbeaten 138-run partnership for the fourth wicket.
Fans enjoyed Team India's clinical batting show on the first day of the Headingley Test. They expressed their reactions by posting hilarious memes. Here are some of the best ones:
"Bro used IPL to practice defence and nailing it in England. Massive Respect," an X post about Rishabh Pant read.Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, and Rishabh Pant help India reach 359/3 on Day 1 of 1st Test vs England 2025
England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and opted to bowl first in the contest. The English pacers found some help with the new balls and troubled the Indian openers with swinging deliveries.
However, they failed to pick up wickets as Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul (42) batted watchfully at the start and weathered the storm to set a great platform for the visiting team. The duo respected good balls and pounced on the opportunity when the bowlers made errors to keep the scoring rate healthy.
After putting on a 91-run opening stand with Jaiswal, KL Rahul departed in the 25th over, a few moments before the lunch break, giving the first breakthrough to the hosts. Ben Stokes then dismissed debutant Sai Sudharsan for a four-ball duck in the next over to reduce India to 92/2 at Lunch.
Yashasvi Jaiswal (101) played positively in the second session and notched up a century in his first Test innings on English soil. Shubman Gill supported him well with the other during their 129-run partnership before Stokes cleaned up Jaiswal in the 53rd over.
Shubman Gill (127*) continued to anchor the innings after the wicket and hit a sublime century in his debut match as the Indian captain. Rishabh Pant played an ideal foil to the skipper with a knock of 65* (102) as they took their side to 359/3 at stumps on the opening day of the first Test.
You can get live match updates of the Headingley Test here.
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