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India captain Shubman Gill followed up his 269 with a 161 in the second innings during the second match against England at Birmingham on Saturday.
Gill, 25, toppled multiple records as he aggregated 430 runs across the two innings, helping India set up a 608-run target for England to win the Test with less than four sessions to bat.
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List of records broken by Shubman Gill in second Test
1) He overtook Virat Kohli’s record (293) for scoring most runs by an Indian captain in a Test – 430; during the innings, Gill also broke Sunil Gavaskar’s record (344) of highest match aggregate by an Indian in a Test.
2) Gill went past Kohli (449) to record the most runs by an Indian in their debut series as captain – 585 in four innings.
3) He became the second Indian to score a double century and century in the same Test after Gavaskar. However, he’s the first player ever to score a 250 and a 150 in the same Test.
4) He’s now only the fifth batter to score more than 400 runs in a Test (430).
5) Gill’s 269 is seventh highest score by Indian batter.
6) 269 is the 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)
7) Gill is second Indian captain to score double century in away Test and sixth Indian captain to score double century; second-youngest Indian captain to score double century
8) He’s the fifth player to score double century in both ODIs and Tests after Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Virender Sehwag, and Chris Gayle
9) During his first innings century, Gill became the fourth Indian player to score tons in the first two matches since taking charge as skipper after Vijay Hazare, Gavaskar, and Kohli.
