IND vs ENG: Shubman Gill creates history, breaks Virat Kohli’s record by…
GH News July 27, 2025 01:06 AM
New Delhi: The England tour is Shubman Gills first Test series as captain and he has broken many records in this series. On Saturday he created history by breaking Virat Kohlis record in Indias second innings in the ongoing fourth Test at Old Trafford in Manchester. What record did Shubman Gill break? Breaking Virat Kohlis record he has become the Indian captain to score the most runs in a Test series against England. During the India-England Test series in 2016 Kohli played a total of five matches and scored 655 runs with the help of two centuries and two half-centuries. Whats happening at the Manchester Test? Gill who scored only 12 runs in the first innings of the Manchester Test needed 37 runs in the second innings to overtake Kohli and he achieved this by hitting a four off Jofra Archer in the 17th over during the second session of the fourth days play. Yashasvi Jaiswal holds the overall record for scoring the most runs for India in a Test series against England. During the five-match Test series between India and England in 2024 Jaiswal scored a total of 712 runs in five matches. Gill will have to score 55 more runs in the current match to break Jaiswals record and achieve the number 1 position. Whose record is Shubman Gill chasing? Sunil Gavaskar holds the record of the Indian captain scoring the most runs in a Test series. During the India-West Indies Test series in 1978-79 Gavaskar played six matches and scored 732 runs. To break this record Gill will have to score at least 114 runs in the second innings of the current Test. Gill scored a double century and two centuries in the first two Test matches of the current series against England. He has scored a half-century in the second innings of the Manchester Test.
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