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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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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