'I Worked On A Few Things...': Shubman Gill Reacts After Scoring 269 In 2nd Test
Shubman Gill scored 269 runs from 387 balls for India in the first innings of the ongoing second Test against England at Edgbaston in Birmingham.
Shubman Gill is on fire for India with the bat in the ongoing five-match Test series against England. The right-handed batter from Punjab scored 147 runs in the first innings of the first Test played at Headingley in Leeds from June 20 to 24 and amassed a total of 269 runs from 387 balls in the first innings of the ongoing second Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham.
During his stay at the crease in the first innings of the second Test, Gill hammered 30 fours and three sixes and helped India post a total of 587 runs on the board.
For his two triple-digit scores in two Tests, Gill is earning a lot of praise from fans and followers of the game around the world. After Gill broke multiple batting records for India on Thursday (July 3), Gill was asked about his performance by former India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik, and while speaking to DK on Sky Sports at the end of the second day's play, Gill said that he worked on a few things before the start of the England tour and he is happy that those things are working for him.
'I worked on a few things before the series as well. At the end of the IPL (2025), I started working on a few things that I thought might be important for me going into the Test cricket, and looking at the results, I think those things are working for me," Gill said.
The double century by Gill on Thursday helped him break multiple batting and captaincy records.
He became the first Asian captain to score a double century in a Test match played in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) countries, and he also broke Virat Kohli's record of the highest score by an Indian captain in Test cricket.
Gill also became the second captain in the world after Sunil Gavaskar to score a century in his first Test and a double century in the second.
Gill's knock of 269 runs also helped him become only the third non-English captain in the world, after Bob Simpson of Australia and Graeme Smith of South Africa, to score 250-plus runs in a Test match played in England.
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July 03, 2025, 23:41 IST
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