By Moneycontrol Sports Desk | July 4, 2025
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At 25, Gill is now the second-youngest Indian captain to hit a double century in Test cricket, showing incredible maturity at a young age.
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He joined an elite list as the sixth Indian captain to register a double hundred in Test cricket history.
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Gill became only the second Indian captain ever to score a double century in an overseas Test match.
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This innings also became the highest score by an Indian skipper in an away Test, bettering Kohli’s 200 against West Indies in 2016.
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Gill broke a 45-year-old record by scoring the highest Test score by an Indian batter in England, overtaking Sunil Gavaskar’s 221 from 1979.
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He surpassed Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 254 vs South Africa in 2019 to record the highest-ever score by an Indian Test captain.
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Shubman Gill’s marathon knock is now the seventh-highest individual score by an Indian in Test cricket, putting him in an elite group of batting greats.