Shubman Gill on verge of breaking Don Bradman's 88-year-old record, Virat Kohli's feat & more

India captain Shubman Gill is closing in on multiple historic Test records, including Don Bradman’s 88-year-old feat. Gill has already scored 585 runs in just four innings of the ongoing series against England and is on the verge of rewriting record books. read more

Shubman Gill has already scored three centuries in two matches so far. Image: Reuters

India captain Shubman Gill is enjoying a dream run in his debut series as Test skipper and is now on the brink of rewriting several historic records, including one set by the legendary Don Bradman 88 years ago. The 25-year-old led India to a memorable victory over England at Edgbaston, their first-ever at the venue, to level the five-match series 1-1.

Gill smashed a brilliant 269 in the first innings and followed it up with 161 off just 162 balls in the second innings to help India win the Test in Birmingham. He scored a total of 430 runs in the match and now holds the record for the second-highest run aggregate in a Test game. This was his third century of the ongoing England tour.

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Gill has already scored a total of 585 runs in just four innings so far and has become only the second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to score both a double hundred and a ton in the same Test match. However, more records await Gill in the upcoming matches. Let’s take a look at the milestones the Indian captain can achieve in the ongoing tour of England.

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Don Bradman’s 88-year-old record under danger

Gill is just 225 runs away from breaking Sir Donald Bradman’s record of 810 runs in a single series as captain, a record set 88 years ago. Interestingly, it was also Bradman’s first series as captain of the Australian team.

Gill is also chasing India great Sunil Gavaskar’s record of 732 runs as an Indian captain in a single series. This record was set in 1978–79 against the West Indies. Gill needs just 148 runs more to go past Gavaskar.

Bradman’s 974 runs in the 1930 Ashes is also under threat as Gill is just 390 runs away from breaking that record, the most runs by a player in a single series.

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Other records that Gill could break in England

Most runs in a series by an Indian in England: He is 18 runs short of Rahul Dravid’s 602-run tally from 2002.

Most runs in a series by an Indian captain against England: He is 91 runs away from surpassing Virat Kohli’s 655 runs in 2016.

Most centuries in a series: Gill is just three centuries away from breaking Clyde Walcott’s record of five tons.

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Most centuries in a series as captain: Gill is just one century away from levelling Don Bradman and Sunil Gavaskar’s record of four centuries in a series as captain.

Fastest to 1000 runs as captain: Bradman reached it in 11 innings. Gill needs 415 more in his next six to beat that record.

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