It is very unfortunate that Gambhir missed out on equaling the 6th consecutive ton. But his failure was quite predictable because to brake a record held by a great batsman like Bradman you need to have that kind of great persona. Currently only SRT has the aura that Bradman had in his time. That is why Md. Yousuf and Kallis too had missed out while chasing this record and that is also why Sehwag was dismissed for 293 against Sri Lanka. Call it the Bradman jinx, but breaking/equaling his records is not a piece of cake that anyone can steal. However I am making a prediction here that Gambhir will continue to score 50+ scores in tests and he will break Sir Richards record by scoring his 12th and 13th consecutive 50+ score in a test in the two test series. So good luck.
P.S. - It is to be noted that Gambhir has a penchant for scoring his tons in the 2nd innings (5 out of 9 and 4 out of his last 5 centuries have come in the second innings of a test) and had there been a 2nd inning at Mirpur he might have equaled Sir Don's record.
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