New Delhi. The 5-match Tendulkar-Anderson Series is now at 1-1. The third Test match of this series is to be played in ‘Cricket Ke Mecca’ (‘Mecca of Cricket’ from today i.e. July 10. In this match, Captain Shubman Gill can create many history. In the last match, he has scored a double century and a century. As captain, he can make a big achievement in his name. He can break Don Bradman’s record in terms of runs…
Gill can break Bradman’s record as captain
Talking about the player who has scored the most runs as captain in a Test series, the first name in this list comes the name of Don Bradman of Australia. Bradman scored 810 runs in the Ashes match in 1936. After this, former England captain Goach scored 752 runs against India in 1990. Gavaskar comes at number three in this list. Sunil Gavaskar scored 732 runs in a series in 1978. At the same time, Kohli has also scored 655 runs in a series as a captain.
Talking about Gill, so far Gill has scored 585 runs in 2 matches. There are still 3 matches left. That is, if the Gill is in the same rhythm in the 6 innings, then the record will break the record of veterans like Kohli-Gavaskar and Bradman and will become the most successful captain.
A look at Gill’s performance…
Looking at Gill’s performance in this series, in the first innings of the first match played in Leeds, Gill scored a rage of 147 runs. At the same time, in the second innings, only 8 runs came with Gill’s bat. But Gill scored 269 runs in the first innings of the second match. After this, in the second innings, Gill’s bat was seen with a storm of 161 runs. That is, 585 runs have been scored with Gill’s bat in two matches. Right now Gill has 3 matches i.e. 6 innings.
Gill can also make these records
The record for scoring the most runs in a Test series is in the name of former Australian veteran Don Bradman. Who scored 974 runs in 7 innings of 5 matches against England in Ashes in 1930. In this, he also scored a triple century. At the same time, at number two comes the name of Hamand of England, who scored 905 runs in 9 innings of 5 matches. After this MA Taylor scored 839 runs in a series in 1989. At the same time, the name of three Indian players comes in this list. The first name is Sunil Gavaskar, who scored 774 runs in 8 innings of 4 matches against West Indies in 1970-71. In 1978-89, Gavaskar again scored 732 runs in a series. At the same time, in 2023, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 712 runs in 9 innings of 5 matches. At the same time, in 2014-15, Virat Kohli scored 692 runs in the 4 match series.