- By Himanshu Badola
- Sun, 06 Jul 2025 09:05 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
England vs India 2nd Test: Shubman Gill turned down all the talks with an incredible outing in England so far. He has already smashed three centuries in the five-match series so far, and his 161-run knock on Saturday at Edgbaston put India into a strong position in the ongoing second Test.
Gill is the top run-getter in the series with some margin, having smashed 585 runs in just four innings at an average of 146.25. He has the remarkable scores of 147, 269 and 161 under his belt. The Indian skipper hit 13 fours and eight sixes on the fourth day of the match to help India reach 427/6 in their second innings and set the hosts a mammoth target of 608 runs.
Ever since taking over as India’s new Test captain, the 25-year-old from Punjab has been scoring runs consistently and breaking records along the way.
The right-handed batter has already equalled Virat Kohli’s world record of scoring three centuries in the first two Tests as captain. Gill also became the first Indian batter in Test history to score more than 400 runs in a single Test match.
Most runs in a Test match
456 - Graham Gooch (ENG) vs IND, Lord’s, 1990
430 - Shubman Gill (IND) vs ENG, Edgbaston, 2025
426 - Mark Taylor (AUS) vs PAK, Peshawar, 1998
424 - Kumar Sangakkara (SL) vs BAN, Chattogram, 2014
400 - Brian Lara (WI) vs ENG, St John's, 2004
Gill Sunil Gavaskar’s long-standing record to become the player with the most runs in a Test match by an Indian batter, and also became only the fifth batter in Test history to score 400 or more runs in a single Test.
He is now the highest ever by a visiting batter in Test cricket. He surpassed former Australian captain Mark Taylor’s record of 426 runs against Pakistan in 1998.
Gill, who was given the all-important role of the Test captaincy following the retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, became the first batter in the history of the format to score a double century and a 150-plus in the same match. Additionally, he’s only the second batter after Allan Border to score at least 150 in both innings of a Test.
1000-plus team aggregates in a Test
1121 - ENG vs WI, Kingston, 1930
1078 - PAK vs IND, Faisalabad, 2006
1028 - AUS vs ENG, The Oval, 1934
1014 - IND vs ENG, Edgbaston, 2025
1013 - AUS vs WI, Sydney, 1969
1011 - SA vs ENG, Durban, 1939
Gill went past Kohli (449) to record the most runs by an Indian in their debut series as captain - 585 in four innings. He got a remarkable support from Rishabh Pant (65), KL Rahul (55) and Ravindra Jadeja (69*). At the end of the fourth day, India remained on top as they reduced the hosts to 72/3 in the massive run chase with Ollie Pope (24*) and Harry Brook (15*) at the crease. For India, Akash Deep (2/36) and Mohammed Siraj (1/29) took wickets.