New Delhi: Captain of India Shubman Gill continued his sparkling race with the bat and engraved his name more deeply in records on day 4 of the fourth test against England at Old Trafford on Saturday. With a 78 undefeated in the second round of India, Gill exceeded the emblematic count of 692 from Virat Kohli of the tour in Australia 2014-15 to become the highest of Run-Recembre by an Indian striker in a single Sena tour (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia).
Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!The total of Gill in the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy in progress is now a remarkable 697 points, with a full day in Manchester and another test to go to the oval. At just 25 years old, the young captain rewritten the benchmarks established by legends.
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Do you think Shubman Gill will go beyond the Sunil Gavaskar record in this series?
By going beyond Kohli, Gill also went to second row on the list of most of the races marked by an Indian test captain in a single series, through conditions at home and outside. Only the 732 Sunil Gavaskar races against the Antilles in 1978-1979 were expected. The total of Gavaskar came in a series of six tests – a Gill feat now has a real chance to overtake with two sleeves in this series.Gill has also become the most marked Asian striker in a series of tests in England, exceeding the count of 631 points from Mohammad Yousuf from 2006.With three centuries already in the series, if Gill converts his current unbeaten 78 into fourth hundred on day 5, he will join the legendary Don Bradman and Gavaskar for the most hundreds (4) in a single series of tests by a captain.Earlier in the day, India endured a nightmare start in its second round while Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudharsan fell in love with the ducks. But Gill and Kl Rahul, who remain undefeated out of 87, have sewn a brilliant partnership of 174 points together to help India end day 4 on 174/2, still followed by 137 points after the Mammoth 669 of England.
Breaking Kohli’s record? Wow such achievement much impressive. I’m sure Kohli is crying in his mansion with his Bollywood wife about this ‘record’. Maybe Gill can also break his brand endorsement records next?
Finally some good news for Indian cricket! Gill technique is so solid now, the way he leaving balls outside off stump shows his maturity. If he can score century in Manchester it will be massive for his confidence going forward in career.
Manchester weather is unpredictable and pitch usually help seamers alot. Gill needs to be careful against new ball specially if Anderson playing. But yes his record speak for itself, the boy got talent no doubt about that just hope he dont throw away his wicket like he sometimes does
Wow what a player Gill is becoming! Breaking Kohli record in Sena countries is no joke yaar. This boy has bright future ahead if he keep his head down and work hard. Hope he score big in Manchester to!
Plot twist: Gill actually thought SENA meant ‘Seven Eleven Near Airport’ and was confused why everyone making big deal about his batting at random locations 😂 But seriously proud of the kid, he’s making us all eat our words from that Adelaide duck!
For those wondering, the SENA record refers to performance in South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia – traditonally the toughest places for Asian batsmen. Gill now has better average than Kohli had at same age in these countries. His technique against swing bowling has improved dramatically since 2021 tour.
How can people even compare Gill with Kohli?? Kohli faced prime Anderson, Broad, Steyn, Morkel in their peak! Gill playing against weak attacks. Also Kohli was carrying entire batting lineup, Gill has support of Rohit, Pujara etc. This comparison is disrespectful to King Kohli honestly.
Oh great, another ‘next Kohli’ we found. Because the last 15 ‘next Kohlis’ worked out so well for us right? Can’t wait for him to score 3 ducks in next series and everyone will forget this record even existed lol
Everyone jumping on Gill bandwagon but lets be real he still not proven in tough conditions consistantly. One good series doesnt make you legend, Kohli did it for years! People have short memory these days.