Shubman Gill has joined an elite club. The current India captain has become just the third player after Sunil Gavaskar and Yashasvi Jaiswal to score 700 runs in a Test series. Gill had already made a strong move earlier in the series, scoring a whopping 430 runs at Edgbaston.
Gill joins Gavaskar & Jaiswal
Despite scoring 147, 161, and 269 in three different innings, this knock might be Gill’s best of the India vs England Test series. Not only were Team India 1-2 down in the series, but they were also trailing by 311 runs to avoid a series defeat. As if this wasn’t hard enough, Chris Woakes had reduced them to 0-2 in the first 5 balls of the third innings.
Gill had to come out in the 1st over itself. From there, Gill and KL Rahul went on and on. Whether it be Jofra Archer’s speed, Woakes’ accuracy, or Liam Dawson’s tight bowling, both were unwayward. Gill had been tested by Woakes and Archer in the opening spell, but once he passed that test, nothing seemed to bother him.
With a boundary down the leg, Gill broke Virat Kohli’s record of 692 runs and became the fourth-highest run-scorer for India in a Test series. The 700-mark wasn’t far away, but Gill had a job to do. That was staying unbeaten until the fourth day’s play ended. He and Rahul had batted for 60 overs without losing a wicket; they weren’t going to give in now.
The record clearly wasn’t in Gill’s mind. It didn’t matter that he had to wait 17 hours to reach the 700-run club. With a double off Ben Stokes’ first ball of the second innings, Gill got there finally. A little while later, he went past Yashasvi Jaiswal’s tally of 712 as well. His fourth hundred of the series also came a few minutes later.
Most runs by an Indian batter in a Test series
| Batter | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | 100s | 50s | Highest Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Gavaskar | 4 | 8 | 774 | 154.80 | 4 | 3 | 220 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 6 | 9 | 732 | 91.50 | 4 | 1 | 205 |
| Shubman Gill | 4 | 8 | 722 | 90.25 | 4 | 0 | 269 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 5 | 9 | 712 | 89.00 | 2 | 3 | 214* |
| Virat Kohli | 5 | 8 | 692 | 86.50 | 4 | 1 | 169 |
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