Shubman Gill scored history by scoring a double century in England, the first Indian captain to do so and broke many old records
Shubman Gill Double Century: Shubman Gill made history by hitting a double century in the first innings of the Birmingham Test. Not only England, he has become the first Indian captain to score a double century in SENA countries. At the age of 25, he not only left behind Virat Kohli, but also broke the records of many veterans.
Team India’s young captain Shubman Gill’s bat is not taking the name of stopping these days. In the second Test being played against England in Birmingham, he created history by hitting the first double century of Test career. Gill achieved this achievement on the second day of the match with a single in Josh Tung’s over and also registered his name on many records.
With this double century, Shubman Gill has now become the first Indian captain to score a double century in Tests on England’s soil and at the same time in England, India’s highest score in an innings. Earlier this record was named after Mohammad Azharuddin, who scored 179 runs in Manchester in 1990.
The highest Test score of Indian captains in England
- Shubman Gill – 222* (2025, Birmingham)
- Mohammad Azharuddin – 179 (1990, Manchester)
- Virat Kohli – 149 (2018, Birmingham)
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi – 148 (1967, Leeds)
- Shubman Gill – 147 (2025, Leeds)
Not only this, Gill has now become only the third Indian batsman to score a double century in Tests in England. Prior to him, Sunil Gavaskar (221) and Rahul Dravid (217) did this wonders.
The highest score in Test by Indians in England
- Shubman Gill – 222* (Birmingham, 2025)
- Sunil Gavaskar – 221 (The Oval, 1979)
- Rahul Dravid – 217 (The Oval, 2002)
- Sachin Tendulkar – 193 (Leeds, 2002)
- Ravi Shastri – 187 (The Oval, 1990)
Gill took another record by scoring a double century as captain. He has now become the sixth player to score a double century as captain for India in Test history. Virat Kohli is at the forefront of this list, who has scored 7 double centuries as captain.
Dual century in Test by Indian captains
- Virat Kohli – 7
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi – 1
- Sunil Gavaskar – 1
- Sachin Tendulkar – 1
- MS Dhoni – 1
- Shubman Gill – 1
Gill makes this double century even more special – 25 years and 298 days. He is the second youngest captain of India who has scored a double century in Tests. Small than him was Pataudi Saheb, who scored a double century in 1964 at the age of 23.
Dual century at the youngest as Indian captain
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi – 23 years 39 days (1964)
- Shubman Gill – 25 years 298 days (2025)
- Sachin Tendulkar – 26 years 189 days (1999)
- Virat Kohli – 27 years 260 days (2016)
Shubman Gill has become the first Indian captain, not only the first Indian captain to score a double century in SENA countries (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia). Earlier, this best score from Asia was that of Tilakaratne Dilshan, who scored 193 runs at Lord’s in 2011.
