Captain Shubman Gill has been seen in the Edgbaston Test against England. Shubman Gill has scored a double century in India’s first innings. Shubman completed his double century off 311 balls, including 21 fours and two sixes. Shubman has become the first Indian captain to score a double century in a Test match in England. This was also Shubman’s first double century of Test career.
♦ Shubman Gill is the third Indian to score a double century in Test matches in England. Before Shubman, Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid were able to do this.
♦ Now Shubman Gill has become the Indian captain who played the biggest innings in Test cricket on foreign soil. Shubman defeated Virat Kohli. Kohli scored 200 runs in the NorthSound Test against West Indies in July 2016.
♦ Shubman Gill has now become the Indian captain to play the biggest Test innings in England. Gill defeated Mohammad Azharuddin. Azharuddin scored 179 runs in the Manchester Test match in August 1990.
♦ Shubman Gill has now become the Indian batsman who plays the biggest innings in England. Shubhanam overtook Sunil Gavaskar as soon as he scored the 222nd run. Gavaskar scored 221 runs in the Oval Test in 1979.
♦ Shubman Gill has become the first Asian captain to score a double century in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) countries. The last best performance was the name of Tillakaratne Dilshan, who scored 193 runs in the Lord’s Test match in 2011.
Dual century as Indian Test captain
7- Virat Kohli
1- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Shubman Gill
The youngest Indian (Test) to score a double century as captain
23 years & 39 days- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi vs England, Delhi, 1964
25 years & 298 days- Shubman Gill vs England, Edgbaston, 2025
26 years & 189 days- Sachin Tendulkar vs New Zealand, Ahmedabad, 1999
27 years & 260 days- Virat Kohli vs West Indies, North Sound, 2016
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