The renowned Sir Donald Bradman set several world records, some of which have stood for almost a century, and India captain Shubman Gill is about to surpass them. In the first two Test matches in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy against England, Gill has already scored 585 runs, putting him well on course for a historic series.
He broke multiple records with his 430 runs in the second Test at Edgbaston, 269 in the first innings and 161 in the second. These include becoming the first Asian captain to score a double century in SENA countries, breaking Sunil Gavaskar’s record for the most runs by an Indian in a Test match, surpassing Virat Kohli for the most runs by an Indian captain in an innings, and becoming the first player in history to score a double century and a 150 in the same Test match.
Shubman Gill is only 225 runs away from surpassing Bradman’s record of 810 runs as captain in the 1936–37 Ashes series, with three Test matches left in the five-match series. Interestingly, Gill and Bradman are both accomplishing these goals in their first Test series as leaders.
In that series, Shubman Gill had already reached the three-century milestone in two games, while Bradman had amassed three hundreds and averaged 90 in five Test matches. Bradman’s 974 runs in the 1930 Ashes series, the most ever in a single Test series, is another milestone that can be achieved; Shubman Gill is now 390 runs behind him. Incredibly, Bradman scored 394 runs in the first two games of the famous 1930 series, while Gill scored 585 runs in the first two Test matches.
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In just 11 innings, Bradman became the fastest captain to reach 1000 Test runs, setting a new record. Gill is also aiming to surpass the record set by West Indies legend Clyde Walcott, the only batter to ever make five hundreds in a single series against Australia in 1955.
Shubman Gill would need to score 415 runs in his next six innings in order to surpass that.
In 1947–48, Bradman scored four goals in a series against India. Gill has already reached three hundreds, two more than Bradman and three more than Walcott.
Shubman Gill is approaching a number of significant milestones in India. To beat Sunil Gavaskar’s 732-run total for the highest runs by an Indian skipper in a Test series (1978–79), he needs 148 more runs. He is only 18 runs away from surpassing the record of 602 runs scored by an Indian in an English Test series, held by Rahul Dravid. Furthermore, he is 127 runs behind Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 712 runs, which is the highest total an Indian has ever scored against England in a Test series. In the match against England, he also needs just 91 more runs to overtake Virat Kohli’s 655 runs as captain of India.
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