Shubman Gill has created history by scoring the highest individual score by an Indian captain in a Test match in England.
In the Test match at Edgbaston in Birmingham, Gill batting at number four scored his 7th Test century and his first score above 150 in this format. His score of 222* surpassed Mohammad Azharuddin’s previous record for the highest individual score by an Indian captain in England.
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The Top Individual Scores by Indian Captains in England are:
Shubman Gill – 222*
Mohammad Azharuddin – 179
Virat Kohli – 149
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi – 148
Sourav Ganguly – 128
Gill is currently the highest scoring Indian captain in England followed by Azharuddin, Kohli and Pataudi.
The Highest scores by Indian players in Test matches in England are:
Sunil Gavaskar – 221 at The Oval (1979)
Rahul Dravid – 217 at The Oval (2002)
Shubman Gill – 200* in Birmingham (2015)
Sachin Tendulkar – 193 in Leeds (2002)
Ravi Shastri – 187 at The Oval (1990)
At 25 years and 298 days, Gill is the second youngest Indian captain to score a double century in Test cricket, after MAK Pataudi who was 23 years and 39 days old when he scored a double century against England in 1964.
The youngest Indian captains to score a Test double hundred are:
MAK Pataudi vs ENG, Delhi, 1964: 23 years 39 days
Shubman Gill vs ENG, Edgbaston, 2025: 25 years 298 days
Sachin Tendulkar vs NZ, Ahmedabad, 1999: 26 years 189 days
Virat Kohli vs WI, North Sound, 2016: 27 years 260 days
Gill’s double century makes him the 6th Indian captain to score 200 runs in an innings, joining MAK Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli.
The Indian captains who have scored double hundreds in Test matches are:
Virat Kohli: 7
MAK Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Shubman Gill: 1 each
Virat Kohli was the first Indian captain to score a double century in an away Test match, Gill is the first Asian captain to score a double hundred in SENA countries.
