Shubman Gill creates history, breaks legendary cricketer’s 46-year-old record by…
GH News July 04, 2025 02:06 AM

New Delhi: Indian team captain Shubman Gill has created history at Edgbaston in Birmingham. He has achieved a great feat in the second Test against England. Gill has left behind Sunil Gavaskar Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar. Let us tell you Gill has scored the highest score by an Indian player in a Test in England. Gill broke the 46-year-old record held by Sunil Gavaskar.
Which legendary cricketers record did Shubman Gill break?
Former Indian player Sunil Gavaskar scored 221 runs at The Oval in 1979. Not only this Rahul Dravid played an innings of 217 runs at The Oval in 2002. The next name in this list is God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar who scored 193 runs in Leeds in 2002. Ravi Shastri also batted brilliantly at The Oval and scored 187 runs in 1990. Now Shubman Gill has reached the top by defeating all of them. He did not spare any bowler of England and played tremendous cricketing shots against everyone.
What did Shubman Gill achieve as Team Indias Test captain?
Shubman Gill crossed the 200-run mark for the first time in Test cricket. His batting has been praised by everyone. In this match the Indian captain shared a valuable 67-run partnership for the third wicket with Yashasvi Jaiswal. Not only this there was a 47-run partnership for the fourth wicket between Rishabh Pant and Gill. In this match apart from Shubman Gill experienced all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja also performed brilliantly and scored 89 runs. These two players added 203 runs for the sixth wicket.
How many records did Shubman Gill break?
Shubman Gill has become the first Indian captain to score a double century in England. Not only this he is the youngest Indian player to score a double century. Gill has become the first Indian to achieve this feat at Edgbaston. Not only this after 6 years an Indian captain has scored a double century in Tests. Apart from this Shubman is the first Indian captain who has scored more than 300 runs in overseas Test cricket till the age of 25.