Islamabad, July 6, 2025: India’s skipper Shubman Gill broke several records as he followed up his first-innings score of 269 with a thrilling 161 on the fourth day of the second Test against England at Edgbaston on Saturday.
The right-hander kept punishing England’s inexperienced bowling line-up and collected a total of 430 runs in both innings.
With this achievement, he became just the fifth batter in history to cross 400 runs in a single Test match, joining the ranks of Graham Gooch, Mark Taylor, Kumar Sangakkara, and Brian Lara.
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Gill now holds the second spot on this rare list, topped by Gooch, who made 456 runs against India in 1990.
Most runs by a batter in a Test match:
- Graham Gooch – 456 vs India in 1990
- Shubman Gill – 430 vs England in 2025
- Mark Taylor – 426 vs Pakistan in 1998
- Kumar Sangakkara – 424 vs Bangladesh in 2014
- Brian Lara – 400 vs England in 2004
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The 25-year-old also became just the second player ever to score over 150 in both innings of a Test, after Alan Border, who did so against Pakistan in 1980.
Moreover, Shubman Gill became the third Indian captain to hit a hundred in each innings of a Test, joining Sunil Gavaskar and Virat Kohli.
