Shubman Gill created history at Edgbaston, made two world records in his name
Shubman Gill: The world record for scoring the most runs in a Test is held by former England captain and opening batsman Graham Gooch.
In the second Test being played between India and England at Edgbaston, Indian captain Shubman Gill’s bat showered runs. In the first innings, he played a huge innings of 269 runs, while in the second innings he scored 161 runs. With these brilliant performances, Gill set a flurry of records and made two world records in his name. These records are – most runs in a Test match as a non-opener batsman and batting at number-4 or below. Let’s take a look at these historical records of Gill.
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Shubman Gill: World record as a non-opener
The world record for scoring the most runs in a match in Test cricket is held by former England captain and opening batsman Graham Gooch, who scored 456 runs against India in 1990. However, he made this record as an opening batsman. Talking about non-openers, Shubman Gill made this world record by scoring a total of 430 runs with innings of 269 and 161 runs in the Edgbaston Test. Earlier this record was in the name of Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara, who scored 424 runs against Bangladesh in 2014.
Record in batting at number-4 or below
Shubman Gill also holds the record for scoring the most runs in a Test while batting at number-4 or below. He broke the 51-year-old record of Australia’s Greg Chappell, who scored 380 runs against New Zealand in 1974. Gill scored 50 runs more than Chappell by scoring 430 runs and set this new world record.
Gill’s brilliant performance
These two innings of Shubman Gill not only put India in a strong position in the match, but also registered two historical records in the history of Test cricket in his name. His batting has given the Indian team hope of a historic victory at Edgbaston.
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