Shubman gill double century: Indian cricket has got a new ‘superstar’, named Shubman Gill. Gill has started making records on records as soon as he becomes the captain of the Indian Test team. He scored a century in the first Test of the series and has now scored a double century in the second Test. Actually, before the series against England, Gill’s Test record was nothing special, but the prediction of his becoming a great player was predicted a year ago.

It was predicted a year ago

England veteran Kevin Pietersen has shared a picture of one of his old tweets. In this post done in February 2024, Peterson claimed that if he gives some time to Gill, he will emerge as a great player. Peterson wrote in his old tweet, “Jacques Kallis was just 22 in the first 10 Test matches, but later he became one of the greatest players in cricket history. Give him some time to find Shubman Gill’s greatness.”

Statistics before the series against England

Prior to the series against England, Shubman Gill scored 1,893 runs in 59 innings of 32 Test matches. At that time he used to be an average of 35.06. Now he has scored 424 runs in 3 innings against England. He has scored a century and a double century against England in three innings. As a result, after just three innings, their test average has increased to 40.64.

Remember my tweet about @Shubmangill , pic.twitter.com/7CGKPNXRZ4

– Kevin Pietersen (@kp24) July 3, 2025

Gill broke many records in the innings of 269 runs in the first innings of the second Test. He has also become players to score the biggest score by an Indian batsman in England. He has broken the record of 221 runs of veteran cricketer Sunil Gavaskar.

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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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Shubman gill 200 runs: Shubman Gill has put a record of records in the Birmingham Test. He has scored a double century, he has become only the third Indian batsman to do so in England. He has completed his double century in 311 balls. With this, Gill has become only the third player to score a double century as an Indian captain in England.

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