New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- Indian Test captain Shubman Gill is back in the spotlight as Tom Latham and Devon Conway have created history in the New Zealand vs West Indies 3rd Test. They have become the first opening pair in first-class cricket to score centuries in both innings of the same match.

This achievement is extremely rare in Test cricket. It is only the fourth time any batting pair from the same team has scored hundreds in both innings.

The previous instance happened in 2024 when Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis did it against Bangladesh. Before them, Azhar Ali and Misbah-ul-Haq did it in 2014. Ian and Greg Chappell did it in 1974.

Before this, New Zealand achieved two century opening stands in a Test only once before Conway ...