When a batsman is in great form, even big records appear small in front of him. Something similar is happening with Shubman Gill. He has broken many records by playing an unbeaten inning of 129 runs against West Indies. Let us tell you that this is Shubman Gill’s fifth century as captain in the last 12 Test innings. Thanks to Gill’s century, Team India managed to reach the score of 518 runs in the first innings. India declared its innings at 518. Here let us know about those 5 big records which Gill broke during his inning of 129 runs.

Shubman Gill broke 5 big records

Most centuries by an Indian Test captain in a year- Shubman Gill has played 5 century innings after becoming the captain this year. He has equaled Virat Kohli in terms of scoring the most centuries in a year by an Indian Test captain. Virat had scored five centuries each as captain in 2017 and 2018. Sachin Tendulkar had scored 4 centuries as captain.

Highest individual score in home test- This is also the highest score of Shubman Gill’s Test career in domestic Test matches. Earlier, his highest individual score on Indian soil was 128 runs, which he made against Australia in 2023. Now he has improved his own score and scored 129 runs.

Most runs for India in WTC- Shubman Gill has become the Indian batsman who has scored the most runs in the World Test Championship. He now has 2826 runs in his name. Gill has left behind Rishabh Pant, who has so far scored 2731 runs in the World Test Championship. Rohit Sharma is at fourth place in this list with 2716 runs and Virat Kohli is at fourth place in this list with 2617 runs.

Left Babar Azam behind- Shubman Gill has left behind Babar Azam and Rohit Sharma in terms of scoring the most centuries as a captain in the history of the World Test Championship. Now Gill has 5 centuries to his name in the WTC, while Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam had scored four centuries each as captain. The record for most centuries is in the name of Joe Root, who has touched the 100-run mark 8 times in the WTC as captain.

Most test centuries in a year- Shubman Gill has equaled Sunil Gavaskar and Virat Kohli in terms of scoring the most Test centuries in a year. He also achieved the feat of scoring 5 test centuries in one year. However, the Indian record for scoring most Test centuries in a year is in the name of Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 7 centuries in 2010.

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India INTRA-Squad Match: The five -Test series between India and England is starting from 20 June. Team India is practicing by reaching England from 7 June for this series. Earlier, Test matches were played between India’s A team and England Lions. At the same time, an Intra-Squad match is being played between India and India-A. Today was the third day of this match, but this game has been terminated on the third day.

What was the condition of India’s match?

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has kept this Intra-Squad match away from media and broadcasting. The BCCI says about this match that this is not a first class match and it is being done only for the practice of the players. All the information related to this match is being given by BCCI through social media.

The BCCI has shared the update of the third day of this intra-skavad match. Usually the Test match is played for five days, but this intra-sky match has been finished in three days. The BCCI has informed that the Test match being played in Bekenham now ended. Earlier, information was revealed that this match will be played for four days between 13 June to 16 June, but this game has ended in three days.

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– BCCI (@Bcci) June 15, 2025

Gill-Rahul scored half-century

The Board of Control for Cricket in India had told about the game only on the first day, in which information was given that KL Rahul and captain Subhaman Gill have scored a half -century. At the same time, Shardul Thakur has taken wickets while bowling well. After this, the board has shared only photos of the match. Mohammad Siraj is seen bowling in these pictures. At the same time, Jaspreet Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav have also bowled. After the end of this match, all the players are also seen returning back to the pavilion.

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– BCCI (@Bcci) June 15, 2025

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