Shubman Gill To Don Bradman: Most Runs In Test Series By Captains
Don Bradman leads the record chart having scored 810 runs with 3 centuries in the 1936/37 Ashes, averaging 90.00.
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Graham Gooch piled up 752 runs including a 333 vs India in 1990, striking at 62.09.
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Sunil Gavaskar hit 732 runs at 91.50 with 1 century in the 1978/79 home series vs West Indies.
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David Gower led England with 732 runs and 3 hundreds in the 1985 Ashes, striking at 61.20.
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Shubman Gill has already scored 722 runs with a top score of 269 in the 2025 Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.
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Don Bradman averaged 178.75 while scoring 715 runs with 4 fifties vs India in 1947/48.
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Don Bradman averaged 178.75 while scoring 715 runs with 4 fifties vs India in 1947/48.
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Greg Chappell's 702 runs in 1975/76 included 2 hundreds and an unbeaten 182.*
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Steve Smith struck 687 runs in the 2017/18 Ashes with 3 centuries and a high score of 239.
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