Shubman Gill joins Virat Kohli in elite England club for India Test captains
His role was initially a subdued one as he was first acting as the second fiddle to KL Rahul, who scored a fifty. Then, after Rahul's dismissal, Rishabh Pant came in and decided to pull off some pyrotechnics of his own as India went into lunch with a lead of more than 350. Once the innings resumed, Gill shifted gears, and he started to attack the bowlers, who were trying to bowl short at him. The Indian skipper obliged with a couple of big sixes on his way to another fifty and continued to play his shots. Gill and Pant ensured that the lead went past 400 and Pant fell after that. The Indian skipper became more watchful after the 110-run stand with Pant came to an end. He would break the shackles in between to attack Shoaib Bashir and got a boundary to get into the seventies. He then hit a six to join the 500-run club. Gill breaks another Kohli recordDuring his knock on Saturday, Gill did break another record that was held by Kohli as India's Test captain. The Indian Test captain went past Kohli in the list for the most runs by an Indian captain in his debut series. Kohli had scored 449 runs during his first assignment during the Australia tour in 2014/15. Most runs in debut series as India Test captain500 - Shubman Gill vs ENG (Away, 2025, 4 innings)449 - Virat Kohli vs AUS (Away, 2014/15, 4 innings)347 - Vijay Hazare vs ENG (Home, 1951/52, 7 innings)319 - Nari Contractor vs PAK (Home, 1960/61, 6 innings)305 - Dilip Vengsarkar vs WI (Home, 1987/88, 5 innings)303 - Mohammad Azharuddin vs NZ (Away, 1989/90, 4 innings)- EndsTune InMust Watch
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