Shubman Gill scripted history on Wednesday, coming only ninth in the first and second tests of a series in England, and the second Indian – Don Bradman, Garfield Sobers and Graeme Smith joined the Exalted Company.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!The 25 -year -old, captained India for the first time in Tests, did not do his 147 in Handingley with Majestic 114 in Edgbaston in Hadingley. His effort made India to stumps 310/5, stabilizing the innings after a middle-year.
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Each of the first two tests in England is read as the hall of fame in the list of captains coming with tons: Bradman (1938), Sobers (1966), Mohammad Azharuddin (1990), and now Gill (2025). Gill opened her name in folk songs with two tons in Headingley and Edgbaston.
Gill’s tricks as captain have come with amazing speed. He is only the fourth Indian captain for centuries of hit in each of his first two tests as captain – Virat Kohli, Vijay Hazare and Sunil Gavaskar. He also became the second Indian captain to join Kohli, who reached three figures in Edgbaston, and the third to post more than fifty scores with Dhoni there.Even more impressively, Gill joined an aristocratic club of Indian batsmen – Azaruddin, Vengsarkar and Rahul Dravid – to score hundreds in three consecutive tests against England, underlining his growing height in a marquee rivalry.Connecting to the statistical spectacle, Gill also became the third India captain to score hundreds in consecutive tests against England – Hazare (1951–52) and Azharuddin (1990) – and after the tests in his captain debut reached 2,000 runs to reach a 2,000 -run milestone, like Kohli had done in 2014 Edelide in 2014.Gill’s innings was not just about milestones – it was about leadership under pressure. Coming to 95/2, he absorbed the pressure, stitching a 66-run stand with Yashsvi Jaiswal (87), and then an unbeaten 99-rran partnership with Ravindra Jadeja (41*), which was left to India at 211/5.Even with his century, Gill now not only fulfills India’s batting expectations, but also has the weight of expectation as a young captain among the aristocratic class of cricket.
