Shubman Gill becomes 1st Asian Test skipper to score double hundred in England, pips Gavaskar’s 221

Virat Kohli holds the grounds with 7 treble centuries arsenic skipper for India

India's skipper Shubman Gill celebrates aft scoring a treble period connected time 2 of the 2nd cricket Test lucifer betwixt England and India astatine Edgbaston successful Birmingham, England, connected July 3, 2025. AP/PTI

Shubman Gill became the archetypal Indian and Asian skipper to people a treble 100 successful a Test lucifer successful England erstwhile helium reached the milestone connected the 2nd time of the 2nd lucifer astatine Edgbaston connected Thursday.

The skipper besides posted the highest idiosyncratic people by an Indian batter connected English soil, surpassing Sunil Gavaskar’s 221 scored astatine the Oval backmost successful 1979.

The erstwhile champion was 193 by Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan astatine Lord’s successful 2011.

Gill, who scored 147 connected his debut arsenic Test skipper astatine Leeds, completed his maiden treble 100 successful the accepted format erstwhile helium pulled Josh Tongue towards heavy good limb for a single.

He took 311 deliveries to scope his treble 100 which earned him a spot alongside MAK Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni arsenic captains with treble hundreds for India.

Virat Kohli holds the grounds with 7 treble centuries arsenic skipper for India.

Before Gill, the highest people by an Indian skipper successful a SENA state was 192 by Mohammed Azharuddin against New Zealand successful Auckland backmost successful 1990.

Azharuddin’s 179 successful Manchester successful 1990 was the highest people by an Indian skipper successful England.

En way his treble ton, Gill smashed 21 fours and 2 sixes and became the 3rd Indian batter to people a treble ton successful Old Blighty aft legendary brace of Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid.