Shubman gill double century: Shubman Gill is raining records as soon as he becomes the captain of the Indian Test team. Gill is batting on number-4 as captain, he has scored two centuries in 2 consecutive matches on this new order. He has put a double century in the Birmingham Test, on the basis of which he has made countless records like one or two. So take a look at those 5 big records here, which Gill has made in the Birmingham Test.

Shubman Gill broke 5 big records

The biggest Test score by Indian batsman in England- Shubman Gill has become the batsman to make the biggest Test score for India on England soil. He has broken Sunil Gavaskar’s record, who scored 221 runs in a Test match against England in 1979.

First Asian captain to score a double century in England- Shubman Gill has now become the first Asian captain to score a double century in England. Prior to this, this record was in the name of Sri Lanka’s Tilakaratne Dilshan, who scored 193 runs as captain in England.

The biggest score for India in Tests out of Asia- Shubman Gill has now become the biggest score in Tests for India outside Asia. Till now, the Indian record of the biggest personal score in the Test outside Asia was in the name of Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 241 runs in Sydney (Australia).

The second youngest Indian captain to score double century in Tests- Shubman Gill has now become the second youngest Indian captain to score a double century in the Test. He has done this feat at the age of 25 years 298 days. Beyond him, only Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, who held a double century at the age of 23 years 39 days.

Only sixth Indians scoring 250+ runs in Tests- Shubman Gill has become only the sixth Indian to score 250+ runs in the history of Test cricket. Before him, Virender Sehwag did this 4 times a total of 4 times. At the same time, VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid, Karun Nair and Virat Kohli did this once. Now Gill has also been included in this list.

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