Birmingham: Shubman Gill has achieved special achievement in the second match of the five -match Test series being played between India and England. He has become the second captain to score 150 runs in the Test match played on England soil. Shubman Gill achieved this achievement at Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Shubman Gill scored 150 runs, facing 263 balls. Along with this, he has also made his highest score in Test cricket. Earlier, Gill had the highest score of 147 runs. Which was made in the first Test against England. If Gill would have done this feat in the first match if he had done three runs in the first match.
Mohammad Azharuddin was the first Indian captain to score more than 150 runs in an innings of the Test match played on England. During the 1990 Manchester Test, Azharuddin scored 179 runs off 243 balls as number 5 batsman.
The highest score by Indian captains on England soil
- Mohammad Azharuddin – 179 (1990) in Manchester (1990)
- Shubman Gill – 150* (2025) in Birmingham
- Virat Kohli – 149 (2018) in Birmingham
- MAK Pataudi – 148 (1967) in Leeds
- Shubman Gill – 147 (2025) in Leeds
If Shubman Gill manages to score 180 runs in this innings, then he will become the most Indian captain to score the most runs in the Test match played in England. He will also break Azharuddin’s record. Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid are two Indian cricketers who have scored a double century in the Test match played in England. If Gill is successful in scoring 200 runs, then he will become the first captain in SENA countries to complete a double century.
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The highest score made by Indian players on England soil
- Sunil Gavaskar – 221, The Oval (1979)
- Rahul Dravid – 217, The Oval (2002)
- Sachin Tendulkar – 193, Leeds (2002)
- Ravi Shastri – 187, The Oval (1990)
- Veenu Mankad – 184, Lords (1952)
- Mohammad Azharuddin – 179, Manchester (1990)
- Sachin Tendulkar – 177, Nottingham (1996)
- Dilip Vengsarkar – 157, Lords (1982)
- Shubman Gill – 150*, Birmingham (2025)
- Virat Kohli – 149, Birmingham (2018)
So far, only one Indian captain Virat Kohli has scored a double century out of the house. In the India-West Indies Test played in the North Sound in 2016, Kohli came to bat at number 4 in the first innings and scored 200 runs off 283 balls.
