India captain Shubman Gill is on the verge of breaking multiple world records set by the legendary Sir Donald Bradman, some of which have stood for nearly a century. Gill has already amassed 585 runs in the first two Tests of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy against England, placing him firmly on track for a historic series.

In the second Test at Edgbaston, he scored 430 runs - 269 in the first innings and 161 in the second, breaking several records along the way. These include surpassing Virat Kohli for the most runs by an Indian captain in a single innings, breaking Sunil Gavaskar’s record for the most runs by an Indian in a Test match, becoming the first Asian captain to score a double century in SENA countries, and becoming the first player in the world to score both a double century and a 150 in the same Test match.

With three Tests remaining in the five-match series, Gill is just 225 runs short of overtaking Bradman’s tally of 810 runs as captain in the 1936–37 Ashes series. Notably, both Bradman and Gill are achieving these feats in their debut series as Test captains.

Bradman had scored three centuries and averaged 90 across five Tests in that series, while Gill had already matched the three-century mark in just two matches. Another landmark within reach is Bradman’s 974 runs in the 1930 Ashes series, the highest ever in a single Test series, with Gill currently trailing by 390 runs. Impressively, Gill's 585 runs in the first two Tests far exceed Bradman's 394 in the opening two matches of that historic 1930 series.

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Bradman also holds the record for being the fastest to 1000 Test runs as captain, reaching the mark in just 11 innings. For Gill to break that, he would need 415 runs in his next six innings. Additionally, Gill is eyeing the record set by West Indies great Clyde Walcott, who scored five centuries in a single series against Australia in 1955, the only batter to achieve the feat.

Bradman himself had scored four in a series against India in 1947-48. With three centuries already, Gill is just two short of equaling Bradman and three away from matching Walcott.

Gill is also nearing several Indian milestones. He needs 148 more runs to surpass Sunil Gavaskar’s 732 run-tally for the record of most runs by an Indian captain in a Test series (1978–79). He is just 18 runs shy of overtaking Rahul Dravid’s 602 runs, the most by an Indian in a Test series in England. Additionally, he trails Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 712 runs, the most by an Indian against England in any Test series by 127 runs. He also needs only 91 more runs to surpass Virat Kohli’s 655 runs as Indian captain against England.