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.

Also read:

Now Shubman Gill is only behind Bradman, his average is 84 and he has scored 5 centuries in 12 innings; surprising figures

IND vs Eng 3rd Test, Shubman Gill: The third match of the five -match Test series between India and England will be played from July 10 at the Historical Cricket Ground Lords in London. In this match, Indian captain Shubman Gill can create history. To register his name in the pages of history, Gill will have to score only 18 runs in the third Test.

Shubman has scored 585 runs in the first two Tests of this series being played between India and England. In the first innings of the second Test played in Edgbaston, Gill scored a double century, while in the second innings also a century was scored. Now Shubman Gill has a chance to become the most run -up Indian in a Test series in England.

Dravid-Kohli-Gavaskar will all be left behind

Let us know that now Rahul Dravid has the record of scoring the most runs in the Test series against England in his house. In 2002, Dravid scored 602 runs in 6 innings at an average of around 100. After this, Virat Kohli is named in this record list. In 2018, King Kohli scored 593 runs in 10 innings at an average of 59.30. Shubman Gill has scored 585 runs in four innings of two Tests. In such a situation, Prince Gill will leave everyone behind as soon as 18 runs in the third Test to be played in Lord’s. Let us know that veteran batsman Sunil Gavaskar scored 542 runs in seven innings in 1979.

Indian captain who scored a century in both innings of Test match

Shubman Gill scored a century in both innings in the second Test played at Edgbaston. He is the third Indian captain to do so. Before Gill, in 2014, Virat Kohli scored centuries in both innings of the Adelaide Test against Australia. At the same time, veteran Sunil Gavaskar had scored a century in both innings of the Kolkata Test against the West Indies in 1978.