ENG vs IND: Records broken by Shubman Gill during his 269 at Edgbaston

Overview

• Shubman Gill scored 269(387) in the first innings of the Edgbaston Test against England
• India scored 587 in the first innings and reduced England to 77/3 by the end of Day 2
• His knock broke many previous records, surpassing legends like Virat Kohli, Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, and others in the process

Shubman Gill batted very well in the first innings of the Edgbaston Test against England, where he scored 269 runs in 387 balls, which included 30 fours and 3 sixes. His knock played a key role in India scoring 587 runs in their first innings, with the help of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, and others. 

The momentum helped the Indian bowlers, who had England at 25/3 at one point, before they ended their day with a score of 77/3 in their 20 overs at the end of Day 2. The talk of the day was the Indian skipper, who answered his critics in the best possible way and broke many records set by legends like Virat Kohli, Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, and others.

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Records broken by Shubman Gill during his 269 against England in the Edgbaston Test

• The right-handed batter now has the highest individual score for an Indian batter in Tests in the SENA countries (South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia). Gill's 269 surpassed Sachin Tendulkar's 241* against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2004.
• Shubman became the sixth Indian Test skipper after MAK Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, and Virat Kohli to score a double hundred.
• Gill's 269 is now the highest individual score by an Indian Test captain, surpassing the previous record held by Virat Kohli, who scored 254 against South Africa in the Pune Test in 2019.
• At the age of 25 years and 298 days, Gill became India's second youngest Test skipper to score a double hundred after MAK Pataudi, who is still the youngest at the age of 23 years and 239 days.

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• The 25-year-old became the third Indian skipper after Vijay Hazare and Mohammad Azharuddin to score hundreds in back-to-back Tests.
• The star batter became only the first Indian and third overall captain after Australia's Bob Simpson (311 in 1964) and South Africa's Graeme Smith (277 and 259 in 2003) to amass over 250 runs in a Test innings in England.
• Gill became the fourth Indian batter after Mohammad Azharuddin, Dilip Vengsarkar, and Rahul Dravid to score hundreds in three consecutive Tests against England.
• After Virender Sehwag (309 in Multan and 254 in Lahore) and Rahul Dravid (270 in Rawalpindi), Gill became the third Indian batter to score over 250 runs in a single innings in an away Test.
• Gill became the first Asian captain to score a double hundred in Test matches in the SENA countries. Tillakaratne had the previous best score of 193 against England at Lord's in 2011.

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• After Virat Kohli, he became the second Indian captain to score an away Test double hundred. Virat achieved the feat in 2016 during a tour of the West Indies.
• He joined Sunil Gavaskar in the list of Indian captains to have scored a hundred and a double hundred in their first two Tests as a captain, respectively.
• Gill's 269 is the highest score by an Indian batter in England in Tests, a record which was previously held by Gavaskar's 221 in 1979 at the Oval.
• His 269 is the highest score by an Indian batter in the World Test Championship, a record which was held by Virat's 254 against SA in 2019.