Records galore as Shubman Gill joins Bradman, Sobers in historic feat

Shubman Gill scripted past connected Wednesday, becoming conscionable the ninth visiting skipper - and the 2nd Indian - to people centuries successful some the archetypal and 2nd Tests of a bid successful England, joining the exalted institution of Don Bradman, Garfield Sobers, and Graeme Smith.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The 25-year-old, captaining India for the archetypal clip successful Tests, followed up his 147 astatine Headingley with a majestic 114 not retired connected Day 1 astatine Edgbaston. His effort led India to 310/5 astatine stumps, stabilising the innings aft a mid-innings wobble.

The database of visiting captains with tons successful each of the archetypal 2 Tests successful England reads similar a Hall of Fame: Bradman (1938), Sobers (1966), Mohammad Azharuddin (1990), and present Gill (2025).

Gill etched his sanction into folklore with 2 tons astatine Headingley and Edgbaston.

Gill’s feats arsenic skipper person arrived with astonishing speed. He’s lone the 4th Indian skipper to deed centuries successful each of his archetypal 2 Tests arsenic skipper - aft Virat Kohli, Vijay Hazare, and Sunil Gavaskar. He besides became conscionable the 2nd Indian skipper to scope 3 figures astatine Edgbaston, joining Kohli, and the 3rd to station a fifty-plus people determination alongside Dhoni.

Even much impressively, Gill joined an elite nine of Indian batters - Azharuddin, Vengsarkar, and Rahul Dravid - to people hundreds successful 3 consecutive Tests against England, underlining his increasing stature successful a marquee rivalry.

Adding to the statistical spectacle, Gill besides became the 3rd India skipper to people hundreds successful consecutive Tests against England - aft Hazare (1951–52) and Azharuddin (1990) - and reached the 2,000-run milestone successful Tests successful his captaincy debut, conscionable similar Kohli did successful Adelaide successful 2014.Gill’s innings wasn’t conscionable astir milestones - it was astir enactment nether pressure. Coming successful astatine 95/2, helium absorbed the pressure, stitched a 66-run basal with Yashasvi Jaiswal (87), and past an unbeaten 99-run concern with Ravindra Jadeja (41*), starring from the beforehand aft a illness that had near India astatine 211/5.With his period inactive successful progress, Gill present carries not lone the hopes of India’s batting but besides the value of anticipation arsenic a young skipper already among cricket’s elite.