NEW DELHI: Shubman Gill continued his elegant kind with the bat, scoring a fluent century in India’s second innings at Edgbaston after his monumental 269 within the first innings. Having begun the sequence with a glowing 147 at Headingley, Gill has showcased his maturity and sophistication in difficult English situations, proving why he’s the spine of India’s batting line-up.LIVE Score: India vs England 2nd Test Day 4 Gill has now been concerned in three 100-plus partnerships on this Test alone — making him solely the second Indian batter to take action in opposition to England after Karun Nair achieved the feat in Chennai in 2016.He can also be simply the third Indian to sew three 100-plus stands in an away Test, becoming a member of Rahul Dravid (Hamilton 1998/99 and Rawalpindi 2004) and Sachin Tendulkar (Sydney 2004).Most runs for India in a males’s Test match: 369* – Shubman Gill vs ENG, 2025344 – Sunil Gavaskar vs WI, 1971 340 – VVS Laxman vs AUS, 2001 330 – Sourav Ganguly vs PAk,2007 319 – Virender Sehwag vs SA, 2008 Gill’s combination of 369* runs on this Test is now the best ever for India in a single Test match, overtaking Sunil Gavaskar’s 344 in opposition to the West Indies in 1971.
He can also be solely the third Asian to attain 300-plus runs in a Test in a SENA nation after Dravid and Tendulkar did so in Adelaide and Sydney, respectively, in the course of the 2003/04 tour.
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India captains with lots of in each innings of a Test
Sunil Gavaskar vs WI, Kolkata, 1978Virat Kohli vs AUS, Adelaide, 2014Shubman Gill vs ENG, Edgbaston, 2025
Gill is the second participant to record three lots of in his first two Tests as captain after Virat Kohli. Seven others bought two every: Vijay Hazare, Jackie McGlew, Greg Chappell, Sunil Gavaskar, Alastair Cook, Steven Smith and Dhananjaya de Silva.
Gill turns into the ninth batter to record a double hundred and 100 in the identical Test
Second for India after Sunil Gavaskar vs WI (Port of Spain, 1971)Second in England and the second by a captain after Graham Gooch vs IND (Lord’s, 1990)On day 4, KL Rahul chipped in with a stable 55 whereas Karun Nair made 26. Rishabh Pant then joined palms with Gill for a brisk 100-run stand earlier than falling to Shoaib Bashir. At the time of writing, India lead England by an enormous 483 runs, with the declaration anticipated any time quickly as they appear to push for a win and take a agency grip on the sequence.
