NEW DELHI– Shubman Gill delivered a historic performance in the second Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, leading India to a commanding 336-run victory over England at Edgbaston — their first-ever Test win at the venue. In doing so, the 25-year-old skipper shattered a host of records, surpassing legends like Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli.
The victory was not only India’s first Test win at Edgbaston, but also their largest away win by runs in Test history. For Gill, it marked his first triumph as Test captain — and an unforgettable one at that.
Gill scored a staggering 269 in the first innings and followed it up with 161 in the second, totaling 430 runs in the match — the second-highest aggregate in a single Test, behind Graham Gooch’s 456 (also against India, in 1990).
His 269 became the highest individual Test score by an Indian batter on English soil, eclipsing several historic knocks. It also marked the highest Test score by an Indian captain, overtaking Kohli’s unbeaten 254 against South Africa in 2019.
Gill now joins an elite club as only the second batter ever — after Allan Border (150* and 153 vs Pakistan, 1980) — to score 150 or more in both innings of a Test.
His 269 is also the highest Test score by an Indian outside Asia, breaking Tendulkar’s long-standing 241* at the SCG in 2004. This feat also made him just the second Indian captain to score a double century away from home, following Kohli’s effort in the West Indies in 2016.
By breaking Tendulkar’s 21-year-old overseas scoring record (excluding Asian countries), Gill has officially set a new benchmark for Indian batters abroad.
In just four innings across the first two Tests of the series, Gill has amassed 585 runs at an average of 146.25 — the highest-ever by a player in the first two Tests as captain, surpassing Kohli’s 449. Only Graeme Smith (621 in England, 2003) has scored more in the first two matches of a series.
Gill also holds the record for the most runs scored in a debut captaincy series and is the first Indian — and only the fifth player overall — to be involved in four century partnerships in a single Test match. The others include Hanif Mohammad (1958), Graham Gooch (1990), Mark Taylor (1998), and Joe Root (2016).
At Edgbaston, Gill shared a 203-run stand with Ravindra Jadeja for the seventh wicket and a 144-run partnership with Washington Sundar in the first innings. In the second innings, he added two more century stands with Rishabh Pant and again with Jadeja.
He also became just the second Indian to score centuries in both innings of a Test in England, after Pant (Headingley, 2025 series opener), and the third Indian captain to do so overall, joining the ranks of Sunil Gavaskar and Virat Kohli. (Source: IANS)
