IND vs ENG: In a league of his own - Shubman Gill rewrites Test record books

It was a time dominated by India and their skipper Shubman Gill, who scored a majestic, record-breaking treble century. The 25-year-old's sound powered India to a monolithic first-innings full of 587 and cemented his spot among the game's greats.By stumps connected Day 2 of the 2nd Test, England recovered themselves staring astatine a mountain, reeling astatine 77 for 3, inactive trailing by 510 runs.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Gill’s monumental 269 was not conscionable a career-best - it was a statistical spectacle that obliterated long-standing Indian records successful overseas Tests. In lone his 2nd Test arsenic captain, Gill surpassed legends specified arsenic Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar, compiling a catalogue of elite milestones successful 1 bonzer knock."I worked connected a fewer things earlier the series," Gill said aft the day's play. "Looking astatine the results, they are moving for me."

Here are the large records smashed by skipper Gill successful Birmingham:* Highest by an Indian skipper successful TestsGill’s 269 present stands arsenic the highest people by an Indian Test captain, overtaking Kohli’s unbeaten 254 against South Africa successful 2019. It is lone the 2nd treble 100 by an Indian skipper successful an overseas Test, aft Kohli’s 200 successful Antigua successful 2016.* Record successful England and extracurricular AsiaIn England, Gill’s effort is present the highest people by an Indian batter, bettering Gavaskar’s 221 astatine The Oval successful 1979 and Dravid’s 217 successful 2002.

His 269 besides tops Sachin Tendulkar’s 241* astatine Sydney successful 2004 arsenic the highest Test people by an Indian extracurricular Asia.

* Among India's All-Time BestOverall, Gill’s 269 is the third-highest distant Test people by an Indian, down lone Sehwag’s 309 (Multan, 2004) and Dravid’s 270 (Rawalpindi, 2004). It's the seventh-highest Test people for India crossed each venues.He besides became lone the 5th batter ever, aft Sehwag, Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and Chris Gayle (the lone non-Indian), to notch up treble hundreds successful some Tests and ODIs.

* Rarified institution astatine EdgbastonAt Edgbaston, lone Graeme Smith (277, 2003) and Zaheer Abbas (274, 1971) had scored much arsenic visiting batters. Gill’s 269 is present the third-highest people astatine the venue by a tourist, and the eighth-highest wide by a visiting batter successful England.* Elite institution successful captaincy debut trailGill is present 1 of lone 7 players to deed centuries successful each of their archetypal 2 Tests arsenic captain. Indians Vijay Hazare, Gavaskar and Kohli had achieved this before. At 25 years and 298 days, helium is besides the second-youngest Indian skipper to station a treble ton, aft MAK Pataudi.Only Graeme Smith scored a treble period successful England astatine a younger property among captains, doing truthful doubly successful 2003 astatine property 22.

Shubman Gill’s sound successful discourse of India’s batting historyIndia's 250-plus scores successful distant Tests:309 – Virender Sehwag vs PAK (Multan, 2004)270 – Rahul Dravid vs PAK (Rawalpindi, 2004)269 – Shubman Gill vs ENG (Edgbaston, 2025)254 – Sehwag vs PAK (Lahore, 2006)Youngest to people a Test treble 100 arsenic India captain23y 39d - MAK Pataudi vs ENG, Delhi, 196425y 298d - Shubman Gill vs ENG, Edgbaston, 202526y 189d - Sachin Tendulkar vs NZ, Ahmedabad, 199927y 260d - Virat Kohli vs WI, North Sound, 2016Among Indian captains, lone Kohli (7 treble tons) has more, but Gill's has a unsocial prestige - it came extracurricular the subcontinent, the archetypal ever by an Indian skipper successful SENA countries.