India’s star batter Shubman Gill has acquired a special nod of appreciation from none aside from Virat Kohli after his report-breaking exploits within the ongoing Test in opposition to England at Edgbaston. Kohli took to Instagram to share an image of Gill with a heartfelt caption: “Well played star boy. Rewriting history. Onwards and upwards from here. You deserve all of this.”
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Gill has been unstoppable on this Test match, backing up his monumental 269 within the first innings with a fluent 161* within the second. This unbelievable effort has seen him break Sunil Gavaskar’s lengthy-standing 54-12 months-outdated report for the best match mixture by an Indian in Tests. His twin centuries have additionally put him in elite firm alongside Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar as solely the third Asian batter to attain 300-plus runs in a single Test in SENA international locations.Most runs for India in a males’s Test match:430* – Shubman Gill vs ENG, 2025344 – Sunil Gavaskar vs WI, 1971340 – VVS Laxman vs AUS, 2001330 – Sourav Ganguly vs Pak,2007319 – Virender Sehwag vs SA, 2008
Highest Test match aggregates for a batter
456 – Graham Gooch (ENG) vs IND, Lord’s, 1990430 – Shubman Gill (IND) vs ENG, Edgbaston, 2025426 – Mark Taylor (AUS) vs PaK, Peshawar, 1998424 – Kumar Sangakkara (SL) vs BAN, Chattogram, 2014400 – Brian Lara (WI) vs ENG, St John’s, 2004 India declared their second innings at 427 for 6, setting England a mammoth goal of 608 to chase. With the pitch exhibiting indicators of damage and a fired-up bowling assault prepared, India will look to wrap up a memorable Test win and cap off a report-breaking match for their new batting star.
