Shubman Gill joins Sunil Gavaskar in an elusive list, becomes first Indian captain in 47 years to...

With a half-century in his first innings as a captain in home Test, Shubman Gill joined Sunil Gavaskar in an elusive list.

Shubman Gill marked his era of captaincy in home Tests in some style as he registered his eighth half-century on Day 2 of the first match against the West Indies at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday. The right-hander took 91 balls to complete the milestone. He brought up his half-century by taking a single down the ground off the bowling of Khary Pierre in the 56th over of the innings.

Shubman Gill scored his eighth Test fifty on Day 2 of the first Test against the West Indies. (AP)

As soon as he completed his fifty, Gill joined former India captain Sunil Gavaskar in an elusive list as he became the first Indian skipper in 47 years to hit a half-century in his first home Test as the captain.

Gavaskar had achieved the feat way back in 1978 against the West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium. The 1983 World Cup winner had gone on to eventually play a knock of 205 runs. However, Gill was unable to register a century as his innings came to a premature conclusion when he was dismissed by Roston Chase on the final delivery of the 57th over.

Gill attempted to go for a reverse sweep as Chase went around the wicket. The ball hit him on the bat sticker and as a result, it lobbed up to slip fielder Justin Greaves, who ended up taking a simple catch. This was the second time in Tests that Gill lost his wicket while trying to play a reverse sweep off the bowling of a spinner.