Shubman Gill continues to etch his name in the history books. On Day 4 of the Manchester Test, the Indian captain went past Virat Kohli's 2014-15 tally in Australia to record the most runs by an Indian batter in a SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) tour.
KL Rahul has now completed 1000 Test runs in England, becoming only the fifth Indian to do so after legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sunil Gavaskar, and Virat Kohli.
Cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar, who is known for his love of tennis as much as cricket, has drawn an intriguing comparison between Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant and Spanish tennis sensation Carlos Alcaraz. During his recent visit to Wimbledon, Gavaskar praised Alcaraz's unpredict
Alongside Indian and international cricket stars like Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Sunil Gavaskar, James Anderson, Joe Root, Jasprit Bumrah etc, Pant has been another star attraction at the lawns of Wimbledon's Centre Court.
Several records were shattered by Shubman Gill itself, while pace duo of Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep made the new ball do its magic on a surface that looked absolutely lifeless for bowlers after the Dukes' ball got older and softer. A Harry Brook-Jamie Smith triple-century partnership was
Gill concluded a record-breaking Birmingham Test against England with breathtaking knocks of 269 and 161 across both innings, making him the batter with the second-highest aggregate (430) of runs in a Test match after Graham Gooch (456) against India at Lord's in 1990.
India's batting mainstay Virat Kohli had unstinting praise in store for Test captain Shubman Gill, who redefined the art of batting with a record-shattering hundred in the second innings of the second Test against England at Edgbaston.
While the first innings knock of 269 in 387 balls (with 30 fours and three sixes) was a marathon to tire out England bowlers simply, he pressed the accelerator in the second innings to construct a knock of 161 in 162 balls, with 13 fours and eight sixes, which was just as mesmerising.