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.
Gill launched himself into the galaxy of greats, overcoming legends like Sunil Gavaskar and Virat Kohli and becoming the ninth batter to have a combo of double ton and a century in a single Test match.
After a brilliant 269 in 387 balls in the first innings, Gill ended the second session of day four unbeaten at 100* in 130 balls, with nine fours and three sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 76.92.
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At the end of the second session, Gill was still unbeaten at 265* in 380 balls, with 30 fours and three sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of almost 70.
India's youngest Test skipper Shubman Gill joined an exclusive club comprising of legendary MS Dhoni and batting maestro Virat Kohli for special record of scoring a half-century as a captain at Edgbaston in a Test match.