India finished Day 1 of the second Test at a total of 310/5 with an unbeaten 99-run partnership between Shubman Gill and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. Gill scored an unbeaten 114 runs, while Jadeja supported him with 41.*
Shubman Gill etched his name alongside Mohammad Azharuddin in the record books by scoring centuries in back-to-back Tests on English soil. Following his 147 at Leeds, Gill went on to register another ton at Edgbaston.
Virat Kohli holds the third-highest score by an Indian captain in a Test in England, with 149 off 225 balls during the 2018 Test in Birmingham. Gill and Azharuddin also share the rare record of scoring consecutive hundreds in a Test series in England as Indian captains.
PlayerScoreVenueYearMohammad Azharuddin179Manchester1990Shubman Gill150*Birmingham2025Virat Kohli149Birmingham2018MAK Pataudi148Leeds1967Shubman Gill147Leeds2025
Shubman Gill Joins Elite List of Indian Captains with 150+ Score
Shubman Gill joined the list of Indian captains who have scored 150 or more in a Test match in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) conditions. Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli were the last two players before Gill to do so.
Last 3 Indian Captains to Score 150+ in SENA Tests
PlayerVenueYearSachin TendulkarCape Town1997Virat KohliCenturion2018Shubman GillBirmingham2025*Shubman Gill Becomes First Indian Captain to Score 300+ Runs
Gill is on the brink of joining an exclusive group, with only Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid having scored double hundreds in Tests played in England for India.
Virat Kohli remains the only Indian skipper to have registered a double ton in an overseas Test, scoring 200 against the West Indies at North Sound in 2016.
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