Full list of records broken by Shubman Gill during 269-run innings against England
Shubman Gill on Thursday scored a double century against England during the second Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in Birmingham.
The 25-year-old, newly-appointed captain toppled multiple records on the way to his 269. Gill’s heroics helped India post 587 in the first innings, the side’s fourth-highest in Tests in England.
List of Test records broken by Shubman Gill
- 7th highest score by Indian batter
- Highest score by an Indian captain (Prev best: Virat Kohli – 254* vs South Africa in 2019)
- Highest score by an Indian batter in England (Prev best: Sunil Gavaskar – 221 vs England, 1979)
- Highest score by an Indian captain in away Test (Prev best: Virat Kohli – 200 vs West Indies, 2016)
- 2nd Indian captain to score double century in away Test
- 6th Indian captain to score double century
- 2nd-youngest Indian captain to score double century
