IND vs ENG: Shubman Gill reaches major career milestone, falls just short of Sunil Gavaskar’s historic record | Cricket News
NEW DELHi: India captain Shubman Gill added another glittering milestone to his young but illustrious career as he crossed the 6000-run mark in international cricket on Day 3 of the fifth and final Test against England at The Oval. In the process, he capped off one of the greatest-ever Test series by an Indian batter, finishing as the leading run-scorer with 754 runs at an extraordinary average of 83.78.Live Score: India vs England 5th TestGill’s stellar campaign featured four centuries in 10 innings — a feat only achieved before by legends like Don Bradman and Sunil Gavaskar in a single Test series as captain. This is the first time any player has scored four Test hundreds in their debut series as captain.
Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!In doing so, the 25-year-old batter not only became the highest-scoring Indian captain in a Test series — surpassing Gavaskar’s 732 against West Indies in 1978 — but also came heartbreakingly close to overtaking Gavaskar’s all-time Indian record of 774 runs in a Test series, falling short by just 20 runs.
Most runs in a Test series for India
- 774 – Sunil Gavaskar vs WI, 1971 (Away)
- 754 – Shubman Gill vs ENG, 2025 (Away)
- 732 – Sunil Gavaskar vs WI, 1978/79 (Home)
- 712 – Yashasvi Jaiswal vs ENG, 2024 (Home)
- 692 – Virat Kohli vs AUS, 2014/15 (Away)
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Gill’s overall tally in international cricket now stands at 6000 runs in 113 matches across formats. His career includes 18 centuries and 25 fifties, with a highest score of 269.
Most runs as a captain in a Test series
- 810 – Don Bradman vs ENG, 1936/37
- 754 – Shubman Gill vs ENG, 2025
- 752 – Graham Gooch vs IND, 1990
- 732 – Sunil Gavaskar vs WI, 1978
- 732 – David Gowar vs ENG, 1985
The defining innings of his series was the gritty 103 at Old Trafford during the fourth Test — the first century by an Indian at that venue since Sachin Tendulkar’s 119 in 1990. That knock came in testing conditions and helped India turn the tide in a must-win encounter.Gill now also holds a joint record for the most centuries in the World Test Championship (WTC) era, equalling Rohit Sharma’s tally of nine.While Bradman’s 810 runs in 1936-37 remains the highest tally in a series by a debut Test captain, Gill’s majestic summer in England has put him in the rarest of company — and confirmed his place as one of the brightest stars of this generation.
