India, June 17 -- India captain Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan turned Lucknow into their personal playground on Wednesday as the best friends produced a batting masterclass against Afghanistan in the second ODI. While Gill brought up his maiden century as India's ODI captain, Kishan ended a long wait for an ODI hundred, scoring his first since the historic double century against Bangladesh in December 2022.

Gill was not batting in his usual position. India tweaked their batting order by sending Yashasvi Jaiswal to open alongside Rohit Sharma, perhaps with an eye on building bench strength ahead of the 2027 ODI World Cup. But with Jaiswal failing to capitalise on the opportunity, Gill walked in as early as the end of the second over after ...