Indian skipper Shubman Gill delivered a masterclass in batting as he smashed a sensational double century in the second Test against England at Edgbaston, cementing his place in the record books with a historic performance.
The 25-year-old reached his maiden Test double ton in style, taking a single off pacer Josh Tongue. He reached 200 off 310 balls, striking 21 fours and two sixes, and continued to dominate England’s bowling attack well into the innings.
His marathon effort eventually ended at 269 runs, when he was caught by Ollie Pope off Tongue's bowling. Enroute to his historic knock Gill also broke multiple records in the process
List of records broken by Shubman Gill en route to 269 Runs
Shubman Gill now holds the record of the highest individual score by an Indian batter in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) countries. Before Gill’s 269, the record was held by Sachin Tendulkar, who remained unbeaten on 241 runs against Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground in 2004.
Team India skipper also broke Virat Kohli’s record of highest score by an Indian captain in Test cricket. During the India-South Africa Test match played in Pune in October 2019, Kohli scored 254 runs as India captain.
Gill is third Indian after Sehwag (309 in Multan and 254 in Lahore) and Dravid (270 in Rawalpindi) to score 250-plus scores in away Tests.
Gill (25 years and 298 days) is the second youngest Indian captain after MAK Pataudi (23 years and 239 days) to score a double century in Test cricket.
He is the second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to score a century in the first Test as captain and a double century in the 2nd Test as captain.
Gill is second Indian captain after Virat Kohli to score double century in an overseas Test. During the India-West Indies Test played at North Sound in July 2016, Kohli scored 200 runs in the first innings.
Gill now holds the record for the highest Test score by an Indian batter in England. He broke Sunil Gavaskar’s record (221 at The Oval in 1979).
The 269-run knock on Thursday helped Gill break Kohli’s record (254 vs SA in 2019) of the highest score for India in a World Test Championship (WTC) match.
