Newly-appointed India National Cricket Team Test skipper Shubman Gill played a sensational innings in the second Test of the five-match series against the England National Cricket Team.
Shubman Gill set the stage on fire with his majestic knock against the Three Lions at Edgbaston in Birmingham and helped Team India register a colossal first innings score of 587 runs.
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Shubman Gill smashes a sensational 269 runs
The right-handed batter continued his good form from the first Test and looked terrific right from the very start in the second Test. He was totally calm and composed in the middle, scoring his fifty off 125 balls, which was his slowest ever.
Shubman Gill was in full control while facing the England bowlers, and he didn’t play many false shots. He completed his century off 199 balls and finished Day 1 with an unbeaten 114 runs.
On Day 2, Gill reached the 150-run mark in 263 balls and the historic double century milestone in 311 balls. After hitting the double hundred, Gill accelerated and in no time got past the score of 250 runs.
It looked like he would easily score a triple ton, but that didn’t happen as he got out in a poor manner by pulling a delivery from Josh Tongue straight into the hands of Ollie Pope at square leg. Shubman Gill finished his innings with a score of 269 runs off 387 balls, with 30 fours and 3 sixes.
Shubman Gill becomes the first player in history to…
Gill has become the first player in history to have a double century in both Tests and ODIs at the age of 25 and overall just the fifth batter to achieve this feat.
He also became the first Indian player to register a 250-plus score in Tests outside the subcontinent, going past Sachin Tendulkar’s 241 and holds the record for the highest-ever score by an Indian captain, going past Virat Kohli’s 254*.
Gill is just the 6th Indian player to get a 250-plus score in Tests and registered the highest score for India in Tests in England, surpassing Sunil Gavaskar’s 221. Also, the young right-handed batter became just the second Indian skipper to hit a double hundred in an overseas Test, after Virat Kohli, and the first Asian captain to hit a double hundred in SENA countries.
Full list of records created by Shubman Gill
Highest Individual Score By An Indian In Test History:
Virender Sehwag – 319
Virender Sehwag – 309
Karun Nair – 303*
Virender Sehwag – 293
VVS Laxman – 281
Rahul Dravid – 270
Shubman Gill – 269
Visiting Test captains with 250-plus scores in England:
311 – Bob Simpson (AUS), Old Trafford, 1964
277 – Graeme Smith (SA), Edgbaston, 2003
269 – Shubman Gill (IND), Edgbaston, 2025
259 – Graeme Smith (SA), Lord’s, 2003
250-plus scores for India in away Tests
309 – Virender Sehwag vs PAK, Multan, 2004
270 – Rahul Dravid vs PAK, Rawalpindi, 2004
269 – Shubman Gill vs ENG, Edgbaston, 2025
254 – Virender Sehwag vs PAK, Lahore, 2006
Best score by an Indian in SENA Tests:
Shubman Gill 269
Sachin Tendulkar 241*
Rahul Dravid 233
Sunil Gavaskar 221
Indian Players To Score 200 IN Tests, 200 IN ODIs & 100 IN T20Is:
– Rohit Sharma
– Shubman Gill.
Highest score for India in England in Tests:
269 – Shubman Gill vs ENG, Birmingham, 2025
221 – Sunil Gavaskar, The Oval, 1979
217 – Rahul Dravid, The Oval, 2002
193 – Sachin Tendulkar, Leeds, 2002
187 – Ravi Shastri, The Oval, 1990
Indians to Score Double Century in England:
Sunil Gavaskar (1979)
Rahul Dravid (2002)
Shubman Gill (2025)*
Double Century in both ODI/TEST:
Sachin Tendulkar
Virender Sehwag
Chris Gayle
Rohit Sharma
Shubman Gill
Youngest to score a Test double hundred as India captain:
23y 39d – MAK Pataudi vs ENG, Delhi, 1964
25y 298d – Shubman Gill vs ENG, Edgbaston, 2025
26y 189d – Sachin Tendulkar vs NZ, Ahmedabad, 1999
27y 260d – Virat Kohli vs WI, North Sound, 2016
Double hundreds as India Test captain:
7 – Virat Kohli
1 – MAK Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Shubman Gill
Indian captains to hit double century in away Tests:
269 – Shubman Gill vs ENG, Birmingham, 2025
200 – Virat Kohli vs WI, Antigua, 2016
Highest Test scores by India captains in England:
269 – Shubman Gill, Birmingham, 2025
179 – Mohammad Azharuddin, Manchester 1990
149 – Virat Kohli, Birmingham 2018
Highest Score by an Indian Test Captain:
269 – Gill vs ENG, Birmingham 2025
254* – Virat vs SA, Pune 2019
243 – Virat vs SL, Delhi 2017
235 – Virat vs ENG, Wankhede 2016
224 – MS Dhoni vs AUS, Chennai 2013
Highest Score by an Indian in Away Game:
309 – Sehwag vs PAK, Multan 2004
270 – Dravid vs PAK, Rawalpindi 2004
269 – Gill vs ENG, Birmingham 2025
254 – Sehwag vs PAK, Lahore 2006
248* – Sachin vs BAN, Dhaka 2004
