Jul 06, 2025
Shubman Gill Breaks Sunil Gavaskar’s Record with 430 Runs in 2nd Test
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In the second Test match against England, Indian captain Shubman Gill amassed an incredible 430 runs, shattering the 54-year-old record held by Sunil Gavaskar for the most runs scored by an Indian in a Test match
With 269 and 161*, respectively, Gill became just the second Indian, after Gavaskar, to score a century and a double century in the same Test
Gill's 430 runs set a new record in Indian Test cricket, surpassing Gavaskar's 344 runs against the West Indies in 1971
Gill's innings gave India a commanding lead of more than 600 runs, which allowed them to tie the series 1-1
In the match, Gill participated in four hundred-run partnerships, which is an uncommon occurrence. He and Ravindra Jadeja were the first Indian pair to form a partnership of 100 and a double-hundred in the same Test
Gill's outstanding performance was praised by Sunil Gavaskar and Virat Kohli, who referred to him as a "star boy rewriting history "
The only batsmen to score two innings of 150 or more in a single Test match are Gill and Allan Border
At Edgbaston, India achieved their highest Test total ever (1014 runs), the fourth-highest team total in Test history, thanks to Gill's masterclass
Gavaskar's long-standing dominance in Indian cricket comes to an end with Shubman Gill's record-breaking innings at the age of 25, which also motivates the team to aim for historic wins
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