As the indian team won the second Test match against england by 336 runs, captain Shubman Gill has achieved a great feat. He has achieved what Asian captains like Kapil Dev, virat kohli, and imran khan could not achieve on english soil. Yes, no Asian team has ever won a Test match at the Edgbaston stadium in England. Only the indian team had played eight matches at this stadium so far. Now, playing at this stadium for the ninth time, the indian team has recorded its first Test victory. Moreover, Asian teams have played against england at this stadium a total of 19 times. Now, the indian team has become the first Asian team to record a victory in it. This was the stronghold of the english team against Asian teams. The indian team led by the young Shubman Gill has broken it. Gill's captaincy and batting records In this match, Shubman Gill was not only amazing in captaincy but also in batting. He scored 269 runs in the first innings and 161 runs in the second innings. Moreover, with the victory in this match, Shubman Gill has also made a record of becoming the youngest captain to lead the indian Test team to victory. At the time of this victory, Shubman Gill was 25 years and 301 days old.
Before this, sunil gavaskar, who captained the indian team at the age of 26 years and 202 days, achieved his first Test victory. sunil gavaskar had achieved that victory against new zealand at the auckland Stadium in 1976. Now, after 49 years, Shubman Gill has broken that record. In this match, Shubman Gill also achieved various batting records. He became the first Asian captain to score more than 200 runs in four SENA countries - South Africa, england, new zealand, and Australia. He also achieved the record of scoring the most runs in a single innings as an indian captain.
By scoring 430 runs in both innings, he achieved the record of scoring the most runs in a Test match by an indian player. Before this, sunil gavaskar scored 344 runs against the west indies in 1971. He also achieved the record of scoring the most runs in a single Test match on foreign soil. Earlier, Mark Taylor had scored 426 runs in both innings when he played against pakistan in Peshawar. Shubman Gill has broken that record. He also became the seventh indian captain to win a Test match on english soil. Before him, Ajit Wadekar, Kapil Dev, Sourav Ganguly, rahul Dravid, Dhoni, and virat kohli have won at least one Test match on english soil.
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Sowmiya Sriram

07/07/2025 08:46 AM