IND Vs Eng 4th Test: Shubman Gill is equal to Sunil Gavaskar and Don Bradman, leaving Virat Kohli behind. Cricket news

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Shubman Gill of India (Photo by Gareth Kople/Getty Image)

In the ongoing Test series against England, Shubman Gill’s Golden Run reached another milestone in Old Trafford in 5 days. The Indian captain scored his fourth century of the series, which became only the third captain in Test history for four hundreds of people in the same series with Sir Don Bradman and Sunil Gavaskar.

Most runs in the first series as Test Captain

810 – Sir Don Bradman (AUS) vs Eng, 1936/37 (Home)722 – Shubman Gill (IND) vs Eng, 2025 (Away)702 – Greg Chappell (AUS) vs Y, 1975/76 (Home)636 – Clive Lloyd (Wi) vs Ind, 1974/75 (Away)582 – Peter Me (Eng) vs. SA, 1955 (Home) Gill’s 103 came in a position of testing, as India saw to bat on the last day to save the match and keep the series alive. His effort was filled with flexibility and maturity, especially England captain Ben Stokes produced a courageous eight over spell despite his shoulder and cramps pain. Stokes removed KL Rahul for 90, ending the 188 -run stand, which stabilized India. Soon after Rahul’s dismissal, Gill fell to Joffra Archer at 103. Nevertheless, his contribution had already made a place in the history of cricket.

Hundreds of hundreds in a test chain as captain

4 – Sir Don Bradman vs IND, 1947/48 (Home)4 – Sunil Gavaskar vs Wi, 1978/79 (Home)4 – Shubman Gill vs Ang, 2025 (Away)

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With this knock, Gill also became the first player to score four centuries in his first Test series as Captain, crossing the choice of Warwick Armstrong, Don Bradman, Greg Chapel, Virat Kohli and Steven Smith, all managed three in their first series as a skipper.

Most of the hundreds for India in a test chain

4 – Sunil Gavaskar vs. Y, 1971 (Away)4 – Sunil Gavaskar vs Wi, 1978/79 (Home)4 – Virat Kohli vs Aus, 2014/15 (Away)4 – Shubman Gill vs Ang, 2025 (Away Gill’s series in England has been notable for its stability, poetry and utter weight of runs. With becoming the first Asian batsman to score more than 700 runs in a test series in England, he is now writing record books as a young leader with the bat. Shubman Gill’s legend is only increasing.