Sehwag vs Gill: Test stats after 35 matches

Virender Sehwag has participated in 104 Test matches and is considered one of India’s top openers. He scored 8124 runs at an average of 50.14 while opening the innings for India in 98 Test matches. The only player to score more runs than Sehwag in the team’s opening inning was Sunil Gavaskar. The now 76-year-old concluded with 33 centuries, which was a world record at the time, while the Nawab of Najafgarh opened with 22 centuries.

The Indian team’s newly designated captain, Shubman Gill, has already broken numerous records in England. Gill came very close to becoming the third Indian batsman to get a triple-century during the second Test of the series. He left the pitch for 269 in the first innings but then scored an incredible 161 in the second.

Initially a middle-order batsman, Sehwag achieved prominence as an opener. In contrast, Gill began his career as an opener but eventually dropped a spot and has now acknowledged that he bats at number four after assuming the captaincy. The 35th match in Gill’s career was the Lord’s Test against England and India. Let’s examine Gill’s position in front of Sehwag.

Comparison of Sehwag and Shubman Gill’s stats following 35 Tests

Shubman Gill vs. Sehwag following 35 Test matches

The Delhi native scored 3123 runs at an average of 55.76 after participating in 35 Test matches for India. In contrast, the Fazilka native has amassed 2500 runs at an average of 41.66 in 35 Test matches thus far. Gill has eight hundreds, while Sehwag has ten.

For both athletes, four of these hundreds occurred in foreign settings. The former cricket player showed early promise and solidified his position as the permanent opener, whose partners changed throughout his 12-year career, by scoring a century in the difficult conditions of South Africa, England, Australia, and Pakistan by the end of his 35 appearances in the Indian whites.

In Pakistan, Sehwag reached his triple-century in 37 innings. In the meantime, Gill has scored four of his eight hundreds in Bangladesh and England. In his 62nd innings against The Three Lions, Gill scored an incredible double-century.

In the twenty-first century, Sehwag became the first Indian batsman to reach a century while batting at number six or lower. In addition to making India a formidable team under Sourav Ganguly’s leadership, Sehwag scored the third-most runs by an Indian batter from his debut until his 35th game, trailing only the great Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar.

The 25-year-old is just behind his vice-captain Rishabh Pant in terms of runs scored for India in red-ball internationals since his debut. Since his debut, Gill has amassed more hundreds in Test cricket than any other Indian batsman.