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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Before becoming Test captain, Shubman Gill’s average was 35.06. After getting the captaincy, he has taken the responsibility of number-4, where he is raining runs. Gill is carrying forward the legacy established by Virat Kohli at number-4 very well. This fact is surprising that after becoming the captain, Shubman Gill’s test average has crossed 43 in just 12 innings. During this period he has also scored 5 centuries.

Before becoming the captain, Shubman Gill had scored 1893 runs in 59 innings at an average of 35.06 in his Test career. Before getting the captaincy, he had played five century innings. Gill has scored 933 runs in 12 innings since the England tour, which also includes a double century. After becoming the captain, his batting average has been 84.8.

Shubman Gill is not far behind Australian legend Don Bradman. In fact, Don Bradman had the highest average in 7 or more innings as a captain, who scored runs at an average of 101.51. Gill played an unbeaten inning of 129 runs in the first innings of the second Test against West Indies. Before this, he had also scored 50 runs in the first test match.

Gill’s tremendous form

Shubman Gill had scored a century in his first test match as captain. He played an innings of 147 runs against England in the Headingley Test. He was also the batsman who scored the most runs in the series against England. He had scored 754 runs in 10 innings including 4 centuries.

After becoming the captain, this has happened only twice when Shubman Gill could not score even 10 runs in a Test innings. His conversion rate as captain has been very good. Let us also tell you that Gill has now become the captain of the Indian ODI team and will captain the team in the upcoming ODI series against Australia.

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In the second Test being played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, Team India defeated the Caribbean bowlers badly. India declared its first innings on a huge score of 518 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal played a brilliant inning of 175 runs. Whereas captain Shubhman Gill returned unbeaten on 129 runs.

On the first day, Team India had scored 318 runs for two wickets. On the second day, Yashasvi Jaiswal came with the hope of scoring a double century, but he could not stay at the crease for long. Jaiswal missed his second double century. He was out after scoring 175 runs in 258 balls with the help of 22 fours. He ran out and returned to the pavilion.

After this Captain Gill promoted Nitish Reddy. Reddy came at number five and scored runs quickly as expected. He hit 4 fours and two sixes. However, Nitish could not score a half-century. Nitish Reddy was out after scoring 43 runs in 54 balls. He was dismissed by Jomel Warrican.

Captain Gill kept scoring runs at the other end. Gill scored his 10th Test century. Along with this, he also made many big records in his name. After Reddy was out, Dhruv Jurel came to bat. He supported the captain very well. Jurel remained unbeaten on 44 runs with the help of five fours in 79 balls. Whereas Gill remained unbeaten on 129 runs with the help of 16 fours and two sixes. Just before the tea break, India declared its innings at 518 runs.

West Indies bowlers were badly beaten. Jaden Seals gave 88 runs in 22 overs. He did not get any wicket. Anderson Phillip gave 71 runs in 17 overs. He also did not get any wicket. Justin Greaves also remained empty handed after giving 58 runs. Khary Pierre gave away 120 runs. Captain Roshton Chase got one wicket, but he also gave 83 runs. Jomel Warrican gave 98 runs and took 3 wickets in his name.

That’s Tea on Day 2⃣

Early success for #TeamIndia in the bowling innings as West Indies are 26/1

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— BCCI (@BCCI) October 11, 2025

Team India has done wonders in Manchester. The Indian team has drawn almost the loser Test match. England took a huge lead of 311 runs after scoring 669 runs in the first innings. It seemed that the hosts would easily win this Test match, but the Indian team made the impossible possible. Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja and Shubman Gill scored centuries for India. At the same time, KL Rahul scored an innings of 90 runs.

Team India did not start well in the second innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudarshan were dismissed on Zero. India had lost 2 wickets without opening an account. Now to save the match, Team India had to do 5 sessions batting, which seemed absolutely impossible, but the Indian batsmen made the impossible possible. Shubman Gill scored 103, Washington Sundar 101 and Ravindra Jadeja scored an unbeaten 107 runs. At the same time, KL Rahul missed the century. Rahul was out for 90 runs.

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Team India batted 143 overs in the second innings of the fourth Test and scored 425 runs losing 4 wickets. After 739 days, a team has drawn a Test match against England. Earlier on July 19, 2023, Australia had drawn a Test match against England.

This was the account of the fourth Test

India’s first innings was reduced to 358 runs. Ben Stokes took five wickets in bowling for England. Then England had scored the first innings of a mountain of 669 runs. For England, Joe Root scored 150 and Ben Stokes scored 141 runs. In this way, England got a lead of 311 runs. When the Indian team came to bat in the second innings, Team India lost 2 wickets on the score of 0. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudarshan lost their wicket in the first over on a score of zero. Then KL Rahul scored 90, Shubman Gill 103, Washington Sundar 101 and Ravindra Jadeja scored an unbeaten 107 runs.

India vs England played in Manchester have been the fourth Test draw. On the fourth and fifth day, Team India was successful in drawing the match on the basis of brilliant batting. Talking about the series, England is leading 2–1 after 4 matches. The Indian team was deprived of the first win in Manchester, but for a special reason, this match has become special for Team India. In fact, in the last 35 years, no Indian batsman had scored a century at the Old Trafford ground in Manchester, but now in a single day, three Indians have scored a century on this ground.

A century was not scored in Manchester for 35 years

A total of 8 Indian batsmen had scored a century so far at the Old Trafford ground in Manchester. His names are Syed Mushtaq Ali, Vijay Merchant, Abbas Ali Bag, Poly Umrigar, Sunil Gavaskar, Sandeep Patil, Mohammad Azharuddin and Sachin Tendulkar. Till now Sachin Tendulkar was the last cricketer to score a century in Manchester, who scored an unbeaten 119 against England in 1990.

3 centuries scored in a single day

The drought of centuries that have been going on for 35 years ended that not one, not two, but three Indians scored a century in Manchester. The first name among them is Captain Shubman Gill, who had scored 78 runs till the stumps on the fourth day. On the last day of the Test, Rahul missed the century, but Gill died after completing the century. He scored 103 runs in his innings. This was the 9th of Gill’s Test career and the fourth century of the current series.

After him, Ravindra Jadeja joined this list and shortly after, Washington Sundar also joined the list of Indians who scored a Test century in Manchester. This was the fifth of Jadeja’s Test career and the first century of Sundar’s Test career.

Indians scoring a century in Manchester

• Syed Mushtaq Ali – 112 runs (1936)
• Vijay Merchant – 114 runs (1936)
• Abbas Ali Bag – 112 runs (1959)
• Poly Umrigar – 118 runs (1959)
• Sunil Gavaskar – 101 runs (1974)
• Sandeep Patil – 129 runs (1982)
• Mohammad Azharuddin – 179 runs (1990)
• Sachin Tendulkar – 119 runs (1990)
• Shubman Gill – 103 runs (2025)
• Ravindra Jadeja – 107 runs (2025)
• Washington Sundar – 101 runs (2025)

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Indian team captain Shubman Gill has scored many big records by scoring a century in the fourth Test against England. In his first Test series as captain, Shubman Gill has scored 722 runs. There is still a Test match left. He has now become the second player to score the most runs as captain in the first Test series. In this case, Gill has left behind veterans like Clive Lloyd and Greg Chappell.

In the second innings of the fourth Test against England, Shubman Gill scored 103 off 238 balls. During this, 12 fours came out of his bat. This was Gill’s fourth century in this series. At the same time, his name has now been 722 runs. The fifth and final Test is yet to be played in this series, which is to be played from 31 July.

First Asian batsman in 93 years

For the first time in the last 93 years, an Asian batsman has crossed the 700 -run mark in England. Let us know that since 1932 Asian countries have started touring England, since then no batsman could touch the 700 -run figure in a Test series in England. Not only this, Shubman Gill has now become the second Indian captain to score more than 700 runs in a Test series.

The highest run in the first series as a Test captain

Sir Don Bradman- 810 runs
Shubman Gill- 722 runs
Greg Chappell- 702 runs
Clive Lloyd- 636 runs

As captain in England, the highest century in a Test series

Shubman Gill (India)- 4 centuries
Don Bradman (Australia)- 3 centuries
A. Melville (The. Africa)- 3 centuries
Garfield Sobers (West Indies)- 3 centuries
David Gover (England)- 3 centuries
Graham Gooch (England)- 3 centuries
Joe Root (England)- 3 centuries

Indian batsman who scored the most runs in a Test series

Sunil Gavaskar- 774 runs
Sunil Gavaskar- 732 runs
Shubman Gill- 722 runs (one Test remains)
Yashasvi Jaiswal- 712 runs

The highest century for India in a Test series

4 – Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies, 1971 (Foreign)
4 – Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies, 1978/79 (Domestic)
4 – Virat Kohli vs Australia, 2014/15 (Foreign)
4 – Shubman Gill vs England, 2025 (abroad) **

The highest century in a Test series as captain

4 – Sir Don Bradman vs India, 1947/48 (Domestic)
4 – Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies, 1978/79 (Domestic)
4 – Shubman Gill vs England, 2025 (Foreign) **

KL Rahul and Shubman Gill have taken a historical record. In the second innings of the Manchester Test, there was a partnership of 188 runs between Gill and Rahul, but they have created the biggest record of the 21st century by parting the balls, not the runs. Both Indian batsmen played a total of 417 balls, partnership for 188 runs, which is the highest ball played in partnership by Indian batsmen in a Test match played in England in the last 25 years.

In India’s second innings in the Manchester Test, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudarshan were dismissed in the first over. Therefore, this historical partnership of Shubman Gill and KL Rahul started in the first over. The two together played 417 balls during this partnership. Earlier, this record was named after Rahul Dravid and Sanjay Bangar, who added 170 runs while playing 405 balls at the Headingley Cricket Ground in 2002. He is followed by Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, who partnered 249 runs in 357 balls.

Now on the land of England, the record of playing the most balls in a partnership has been added to Shubman Gill and KL Rahul. Rahul has scored 2 centuries in this series against England, unfortunately he could not complete the century in the Manchester Test. He was dismissed by Ben Stokes on a score of 90 runs.

Indian captain Shubman Gill is the captain to score the most runs in this series. On the one hand, Gill has crossed the 700 -run mark in the series, while KL Rahul has come second in terms of scoring the most runs. He has scored 511 runs in the current series. Indian batsman Rishabh Pant is also at number three in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs.

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Indian captain Shubman Gill has registered his name in the pages of history. In the fourth Test match being played at Old Trafford, Manchester, Shubman Gill scored a century on the fifth day. With this, his name has been a big record. Actually, after 35 years, an Indian batsman has scored a century in Old Trafford, Manchester. Earlier in 1990, a century was scored on this ground with Sachin Tendulkar’s bat.

Shubman Gill scored a century on the 228th ball in the Manchester Test. During this, 12 fours came out of the Indian captain’s bat. The audience present in the stadium stood up and applauds Gill’s century. This is Gill’s fourth century in this series.

Along with this, Shubman Gill has also equaled an Indian batsman’s record of scoring the most centuries in a Test series. Gill has scored the fourth century in the series against England. The record of scoring the most centuries in the series in a Test for India is jointly named after Sunil Gavaskar and Virat Kohli. Gavaskar has scored four centuries in a series against the West Indies twice. At the same time, Virat had hit four centuries in the Test series against Australia.

The highest century for India in a Test series

4 – Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies, 1971 (Foreign)
4 – Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies, 1978/79 (Domestic)
4 – Virat Kohli vs Australia, 2014/15 (Foreign)
4 – Shubman Gill vs England, 2025 (abroad) **

At the same time, Shubman Gill has now become the third player in the world to score the most centuries in a Test series as captain. Before Gill, Sir Don Bradman has scored four centuries, captaining against India. At the same time, Sunil Gavaskar of India had scored four centuries in the series against the West Indies while being captain.

The highest century in a Test series as captain

4 – Sir Don Bradman vs India, 1947/48 (Domestic)
4 – Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies, 1978/79 (Domestic)
4 – Shubman Gill vs England, 2025 (Foreign) **

Shubman Gill Captaincy Master Stroke: The second Test is going on between India and England. Something special was seen on the fourth day of this match. Captain Shubman Gill remained dominated due to his batting throughout the match. But now this young player has done wonders with his brilliant captaincy. Gill advised bowler Mohammad Siraj to stay with the plan and he came in handy from India.

Captain Gill’s decision gave India a wicket

On the fourth day of the Test match, England openers Ben Docket and Jack Croi came to bat in the last session. This pair had taken away the victory from India’s hand in the last Test match. Therefore, taking his wicket was very important. During this time the master stroke of captain Gill came in handy.

The second over in England’s innings was putting Siraj. Siraj wanted to change the field, but Gill said that it is not like a pitch of leads. This is different from that. Gill asked him to put a normal outswing ball with the same field. The work that has been done.

Gill said to Siraj, “There will be a catch, in the last too. Siraj obeyed Gill. After this, an outswing ball was put from the off stump and went to the Crowery to drive and his bat hit the edge and the ball went straight to Sai Sudarshan’s hands standing on the point.

Bowler’s Captain, Shubman Gill pic.twitter.com/mx0gd58nth

– Johns. (@Criccrazyjohns) July 5, 2025

India needs seven wickets to win

Gill also scored a century in the second innings. Gill’s target of 608 runs in front of England thanks to Gill’s 161 -run innings. India took three wickets of England by the end of the fourth day’s play. England have scored 72 runs. England still need 536 runs. At the same time, the Indian team needs to take seven wickets.

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India Score 1000 Runs in England: Team India’s hold in the ongoing Edgbaston Test between India and England is strong. On the fourth day of the match, Shubman Gill played a smokeless innings of 161 runs. At the same time, the half -century of KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja took the team’s second innings score to 400. India scored 427 runs in the second innings at the loss of 6 wickets. At the same time, when the England team came out to play second innings, the bowling of Mohammad Siraj and Akashdeep forced the England batsmen to kneel.

India broke 21 year old record

The Indian batsmen broke the 21 -year -old record by creating history on the soil of England. The Indian batsmen had never scored more than 1000 runs in a match before now. India scored 1014 runs in both innings of Edgbaston Test match. India scored 587 runs in the first innings. At the same time, he scored 427 in the second innings. With this, this Team India Test has become the biggest score. Earlier in the year 2004, India scored 867 runs in both innings in the Sydney Test against Australia. India has broken this record.

Akashdeep-Siraj scattered gills

India’s fast bowlers Mohammad Siraj and Akashdeep’s bowling are seen in Edgbaston Test. In the first innings too, both these bowlers took 10 wickets of England. At the same time, in the second innings too, these dhakad players have started scattered. By the end of the fourth day’s play, England have scored 72 runs losing 3 wickets. Team India has to take seven wickets to win this match. At the same time, England need 536 runs to win. It will have to be seen which team win on the fifth day of Edgbaston Test.

India in control as england stare at a mammoth final-day challenge #WTC27 #ENGVIND : https://t.co/av3A67xtry pic.twitter.com/OFNID225KV

– ICC (@ICC) July 5, 2025

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