Gill has scored 460 runs in just four innings, leading to a strong impression in his first series as a full -time Test captain. He launched a series with a brilliant 147 in Hadingley and followed it with a stunning 269 in the first innings at Edgbaston. His calm and stylish batting in difficult English conditions has praised him with fans and experts equally.
Breaking Kohli’s record
Prior to Gill, Virat Kohli held a record with 449 runs in four innings during India’s 2014/15 tour of Australia, a series that marked the beginning of Kohli’s successful tenure as a Test captain.
Gill makes Gill’s achievement even more special, the situation is, he is leading a young team under foreign circumstances and when the team needs it most, they are offering big performances with the bat.
Top Indian Run-Gates in the first series as Test Captain
- 460 – Shubman Gill vs England (Away, 2025, 4 innings)*
- 449 – Virat Kohli vs. Australia (Away, 2014/15, 4 innings)
- 347 – Vijay Hazare vs England (Ghar, 1951/52, 7 innings)
- 319 – Women Contractor vs Pakistan (Home, 1960/61, 6 innings)
- 305 – Dilip Vengsarkar vs West Indies (Ghar, 1987/88, 5 innings)
- 303 – Mohammad Azharuddin vs New Zealand (distance, 1989/90, 4 innings)
Large scale knock in Edgbaston
Gill’s 269* in EDGBASTON is now the most individual total in the Test match by an Indian captain, which broke Kohli’s last 293 against Sri Lanka in Delhi (2017). It is also the highest total by an Indian in a single test match:
- 346 – Shubman Gill vs Ang, Edgbaston, 2025*
- 344 – Sunil Gavaskar vs Wi, Port of Spain, 1971
- 340 – VVS Laxman vs. AUS, Kolkata, 2001
A rare achievement in army countries
Gill has also joined an aristocratic list of Indian batsmen who have scored more than 300 runs in the same test in the Army (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) countries. Only Rahul Dravid (305 in Adelaide) and Sachin Tendulkar (301 in Sydney) did this in front of him.
With this record-breaking start, Gill has not only led the front, but also indicated a promising new era in Indian Test cricket.
