Ind VS Eng 2025: record masterclass of Shubman Gill – Young Captain illuminates Edgbaston in historical feat | Cricket news
It was a day dominated by India and their captain Shubman Gill, who marked a majestic and record double century. India at the age of 25 has propelled a total of 587 in a massive total and cemented its place among the big ones of the game.By strains on day 2 of the second test, England found itself to watch a mountain, in shock of 77 for 3, still in follow -up of 510 points.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!The monumental 269 of Gill was not only a better career – it was a statistical show that erased the longtime Indian records in tests abroad. In only his second test as a captain, Gill exceeded legends such as Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar, compiling a catalog of elite milestones in an extraordinary blow.“I worked on a few things before the series,” said Gill after the game of the day. “Looking at the results, they work for me.”
Here are the main discs broken by Captain Gill in Birmingham:* The highest by an Indian captain in the testsGill’s 269 is now the highest score of an Indian test captain, exceeding the undefeated 254 Kohli against South Africa in 2019. It is only the second double hundred by an Indian captain in a test abroad, after 200 in Kohli in Antigua in 2016.* Recording in England and outside AsiaIn England, Gill’s effort is now the highest score of an Indian striker, improving the 221 from Gavaskar to the oval in 1979 and 217 Dravid in 2002. His 269 also exceeds Sachin Tresulkar 241 * in Sydney in 2004 as the highest test score of an Indian Asia outside of Asia.* Among the best of all time in IndiaOverall, Gill’s 269 is the third highest test score in an Indian, behind only the 309 of Sehwag (Multan, 2004) and the 270 of Dravid (Rawalpindi, 2004). It is the seventh highest test score for India in all sites.It also only became the fifth striker, after Sehwag, Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and Chris Gayle (the only non -Indian), to win hundreds in doubles in the two tests and the Odi.
* Railed company in EdgbastonIn Edgbaston, only Graeme Smith (277, 2003) and Zaheer Abbas (274, 1971) had marked more as a visiting strikers. Gill’s 269 is now the third highest score in the room by a tourist, and the eighth higher in the general classification by a visiting striker in England.* Elite Company in the start of the captainGill is now one of the seven players to reach centuries in each of their first two tests as a captain. The Indians Vijay Hazare, Gavaskar and Kohli had already achieved it. At 25 and 298 days old, he is also the second Indian skipper to display a double ton, after Mak Pataudi.Only Graeme Smith marked a double century in England at a younger age among the captains, which did it twice in 2003 at 22 years old.
Shubman Gill in the context of the history of India strikerThe 250 scores of India more in tests outside:309 – Virender Sehwag vs Pak (Multan, 2004)270 – Rahul Dravid vs Pak (Rawalpindi, 2004)269- Shubman Gill VS Eng (Edgbaston, 2025)254 – Sehwag vs Pak (Lahore, 2006)The youngest to mark a double hundred test as an Indian captain23y 39d – Mak Pataudi Vs Eng, Delhi, 196425Y 298D – Shubman Gill vs Eng, Edgbaston, 202526Y 189D – Sachin Tentulkar vs nz, Ahmedabad, 199927Y 260D – Virat Kohli vs Wi, North Sound, 2016Among the Indian captains, only Kohli (7 double tonnes) has more, but Gill’s has a unique prestige – he came out of the subcontinent, the first of an Indian skipper in the countries of Sena.
