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Times of Oman
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Times of Oman
League of Legends: Gill surpasses Gavaskar, Virat, joins Lara, Sangakkara, Gooch following historic double-ton, century combo at Birmingham
Birmingham: Indian skipper Shubman Gill's dreamy, record-breaking continued to tire out bowlers and statisticians alike as he became only the second Indian batter to score a double century and a century in the same Test and overall ninth batter to do so, joining legends like Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara, Graham Gooch, Kumar Sangakkara among others. After a brilliant 269 in 387 balls in the first innings, Gill ended the second session of day four unbeaten at 100* in 130 balls, with nine fours and three sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 76.92. He has become only second Indian after Gavaskar to hit a double ton and century in the same Test, scoring 124 and 220 against West Indies at Port of Spain in 1971. Other batters having achieved this feat include Australia's KD Walters, West Indies RG Lowe, Australia's Greg Chappell, England's Gooch, WI icon Lara, Sri Lanka's Sangakkara and Australia's Marnus Labuschagne. With a total of 369 so far (and still going), Gill has outdone Gavaskar to have the highest aggregate for India in a single Test. Gavaskar's Port of Spain masterclass in 1971 was worth a total of 344 runs. He has outdone ex-skipper and legendary batter Virat Kohli (243 and 50) to have the highest aggregate by an Indian captain in a Test match. Virat's effort came against Sri Lanka at his home stadium, Arun Jaitley Stadium, back in December 2017. Gill is the second Asian batter with 350-plus aggregate in a Test outside the subcontinent after Pakistan's Hanif Mohammad (354: 17 and 337) at Bridgetown in 1958.' The youngster is also the third Asian batter to have a 300-plus run aggregate in a Test taking place in South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia (SENA) countries after Rahul Dravid (305) and Sachin Tendulkar (301) did that in Adelaide and Sydney respectively in 2003-04. He is also the only third Indian captain to have a 100-plus score in both innings of the Test, besides Gavaskar (against West Indies in Kolkata, 1978), Virat (against Sri Lanka in 2017). Gill is the second player to record three hundreds in his first two Tests as captain after Virat Kohli. So far in two Tests and four innings of this series, Gill is the top-run-getter by miles, scoring 524 runs at an average of 174.66, with three centuries. Shubman Gill's masterful century after his classy double ton in the first innings has put India in a strong position in the second Test against England, with the visitors ahead of hosts by 484 runs at Tea on the penultimate day. Rishabh Pant's scintillating innings of 65 runs off 58 balls helped India quickly pile up the runs. India was 304/4 at Tea with Gill (100*) and Jadeja (25*) unbeaten.


Khaleej Times
03-07-2025
- Sport
- Khaleej Times
India captain Shubman Gill scores maiden Test double-century against England
India captain Shubman Gill scored a superb maiden Test double-century as he again led from the front against England in the second Test at Edgbaston on Thursday. Gill was 265 not out at tea on the second day, with his innings the cornerstone of India's imposing 564-7. The 25-year-old Gill, in just his second Test as captain, set a new record Thursday for the highest score by an India batsman in a Test in England, surpassing the great Sunil Gavaskar's 221 at the Oval back in 1979. Gill also received excellent support from spin-bowling all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja (89) and Washington Sundar in partnerships of 203 and 144 for the sixth and seventh wickets respectively. Already a Test-best 168 not out at lunch, Gill continued to take a toll of England's attack as he once more batted in near flawless fashion. He was especially severe on Shoaib Bashir, cover-driving the off-spinner for four and lofting him for six. Gill also struck two fours in three balls off fast bowler Josh Tongue, an on-drive followed by a flick off the hip that saw Joe Root and Zak Crawley almost collide in a failed attempt to prevent the boundary. A hooked single off Tongue took Gill to 200 in 311 balls, including 21 fours and two sixes, wit the elated skipper bowing to a capacity crowd in celebration. England were reduced to bringing on part-time medium-pacer Harry Brook in a desperate bid to 'buy' a wicket but Gill struck him for three successive fours — the best a textbook straight drive. But it was occasional off-spinner Root who took the lone wicket of the session when he bowled left-hander Sundar with a delivery that turned and bounced. India, making fine use of a flat pitch, still scored 145-1 in the 31 overs between lunch and tea. By that stage Gill had bettered his Test-best score for the second match in a row after making 147 in last week's five-wicket loss at Headingley, where England went 1-0 up in a five-match series. India, again sent into bat by England captain Ben Stokes, resumed on 310-5. Gill was 114 not out after becoming just the seventh player to score a century in each of his first two (or more) Tests as captain. It was also, statistically at least, the most secure Test hundred on record in England since analysts Cricviz began recording such statistics in 2006. On Wednesday, Gill's false shot percentage was just 3.5 percent. The average when making a hundred in England is 12 percent. Yashasvi Jaiswal contributed an entertaining 87 before Jadeja (41 not out) joined forces with Gill in a stand worth 99 at Wednesday's close. But India, batting in ideal sunny conditions on Thursday, now wanted even more runs from their sixth-wicket duo after collapses of 7-41 and 6-31 cost them dear at Headingley. Jadeja went to 50 with a single off local hero Chris Woakes. Stokes introduced Bashir and set a 6-3 legside field for paceman Brydon Carse, with England trying increasingly unusual methods to make a breakthrough on a good batting pitch. Gill's single off Bashir took him to 150. Buoyed by setting a new personal best with the largest of his seven hundreds in 34 Tests, Gill then reverse-swept Bashir for four. Jadeja lofted Bashir for six to bring up India's 400 and Gill raised the sixth-wicket duo's 200-run stand in style by slog-sweeping the spinner for another six. But 10 minutes before lunch, Jadeja gloved a short ball from Tongue to wicketkeeper Jamie Smith. He faced 137 balls, striking 10 fours and a six.