Shubman Gill Slams 200 For India In 2nd Test, Becomes 1st Asian To Achieve Historic Feat. Not Even Virat Kohli Has It
Youngest to score a Test double hundred as India captain
23y 39d - MAK Pataudi vs ENG, Delhi, 1964
25y 298d - Shubman Gill vs ENG, Edgbaston, 2025
26y 189d - Sachin Tendulkar vs NZ, Ahmedabad, 1999
27y 260d - Virat Kohli vs WI, North Sound, 2016
Gill also joined an elite club of Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar as the only Indians to have got a 200 in Tests in England. When Gill reached the score of 222, he surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's 221* in 1979 (Oval Test) and Rahul Dravid's 217 (2002, Oval Test) for the highest score by an Indian in a Test match in England.
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Gill, who scored 147 on his debut as Test captain at Leeds, completed his maiden double hundred in the traditional format when he pulled Josh Tongue towards deep fine leg for a single.
He took 311 deliveries to reach his double hundred which earned him a place alongside MAK Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni as captains with double hundreds for India. Virat Kohli holds the record with seven double centuries as skipper for India.
Before Gill, the highest score by an Indian skipper in a SENA country was 192 by Mohammed Azharuddin against New Zealand in Auckland back in 1990. Azharuddin's 179 in Manchester in 1990 was the highest score by an Indian skipper in England.
En route his double ton, Gill smashed 21 fours and two sixes and became the third Indian batter to score a double ton in Old Blighty after legendary pair of Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid.
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