Shubman Gill first in 148 years of Test history to do the unthinkable, also shatters Gavaskar's 54-year-old India record
Shubman Gill, who ended up with 430 runs against England, became the first in 148 years of Test cricket to score a double century and a 150 in the same match.
Captaincy is pressure. It is but maybe not for Shubman Gill. Taking over the No.4 spot, following the footsteps of Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli, is daunting. It surely is but again, maybe not for Shubman Gill. At least the early indication doesn't suggest that. Shubman Gill can do no wrong, it seems. Ever since he replaced Rohit Sharma as India's Test captain, Gill has been unstoppable. 147 in Headingley, then 269 in the first innings of the second Test at Edgbaston and backing that up with another century in the second innings -- Gill has taken to captaincy and batting at No.4 as a duck to the water.
Now, to think that he was not the first-choice as India's Test captain—it was fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, the designated vice-captain in Rohit's regime—seems quite unbelievable.
After registering the highest Test score by an Indian captain and becoming the first Asian captain to notch up a double hundred in SENA countries on Day 2 of the second Test, Gill shattered more records on his way to his 8th Test century on Day 4.
Gill became the first batter to score a double century and a 150 in 148-years of Test cricket. He got to his 150 in the final session of Day 4. Gill was finally dismissed for 161 when he tried to turn one Shoaib Bashir delivery to the on-side.
Shubman Gill breaks Gavaskar's record for most runs by an Indian in a Test match
Gill became the first Indian in 87 years to score more than 400 runs in a single Test. Gill aggregated 430 runs in the Edgebaston Test. This is the second-most by a batter overall, only 26 short of Graham Gooch's world record of 456 runs scored against India in 1990. Gill went past the likes of Mark Taylor, Kumar Sangakkara and Brian Lara in the list.
Gill also smashed Sunil Gavaskar's 54-year-old record for scoring the most runs in a Test match by an Indian. In only his fourth Test match, Gavaskar had scored 344 runs against the West Indies in Port of Spain way back in 1971.
VVS Laxman is third on the list with 340 runs in the historic Test against Australia at the Eden Gardens in 2001, followed Sourav Ganguly (330 runs vs Pakistan in 2007) and Virender Sehwag (319 runs vs South Africa in 2008).
Gill also became the first Indian captain to register a double century and a century in the same Test. Gavaskar was the only Indian to achieve the feat, but he did that as a non-captain. Overall, Gill became the 9th player to score a double century and a century in the same match.
India captains with hundreds in both innings of a Test
Sunil Gavaskar vs WI, Kolkata, 1978
Virat Kohli vs AUS, Adelaide, 2014
Shubman Gill vs ENG, Edgbaston, 2025
Gill is the second player to record three hundred in his first two Tests as captain after Virat Kohli. Seven others got two each: Vijay Hazare, Jackie McGlew, Greg Chappell, Sunil Gavaskar, Alastair Cook, Steven Smith and Dhananjaya de Silva.
