Yashasvi Jaiswal’s brilliant start and Shubman Gill‘s captain’s knock saved India from a collapse and posted a decent total on the board at the end of Day 1. There were multiple records on Day 1 after India was placed in a sturdy position. Shubman Gill‘s gritty unbeaten ton was remarkable he took the burden of the batting lineup on his burden.
Shubman Gill’s Captain’s knock
Shubman Gill scored a fighting century and took India to a decent position. This is his second overseas century, both came as captain, and that too in the same series.
Indian Captains to score two centuries in the same overseas tour:
- Mohammed Azharuddin vs ENG ( 1990 )
- Virat Kohli vs AUS ( 2014 )
- Shubman Gill – vs ENG ( 2025 )
Gill scored his 16th international century. He equaled the record of MS Dhoni for most international centuries for India.
Indians with the most international centuries :
- Sachin Tendulkar – 100
- Virat Kohli – 82
- Rohit Sharma – 49
- Rahul Dravid – 48
- Sourav Ganugly – 38
- Virender Sehwag – 38
- Sunil Gavaskar – 35
- Mohammed Azharuddin – 29
- Shikhar Dhawan – 24
- VVS Laxman – 23
- Cheteshwar Pujara – 19
- KL Rahul – 18
- Dilip Vengsarkar – 18
- Yuvraj Singh – 17
- Shubman Gill – 16
- MS Dhoni – 16
Gill scored his 16th century at the age of 25. He became the 11th player to achieve this feat at the age of 25.
Most centuries at the age of 25 :
- Sachin Tendulkar – 40
- Virat Kohli – 26
- Kane Williamson – 21
- Joe Root – 19
- Chris Gayle – 18
- Greame Smith – 17
- Shubman Gill – 16
- Sir Alastair Cook – 16
- Quinton De Kock – 16
- Babar Azam – 16
- Jacques Kallis – 16
This is the 3rd consecutive match where Shubman Gill scored a century against England in tests.
Indian Players to score three consecutive century against England in tests :
- Mohammed Azharuddin
- Rahul Dravid
- Shubman Gill
Highest score at Edgbasten
Virat Kohli’s scored 149 runs at Edgbasten in 2018, and that remains as the highest score by an Indian batter at this venue. Gill is currently batting at 114*. He is just 36 runs away from breaking that record and becoming the first Indian to score 150 runs at Edgbasten.
Just ton miss for Yashasvi Jaiswal
Yashasvi Jasiwal got out for 87 runs in the first innings. He was just 10 runs away from becoming the fastest Indian to score 2000 runs in test cricket. Yashasvi Jasiwal has scored 1990 runs in 39 innings so far.
Fastest 2000 runs in test cricket by Indians :
- Rahul Dravid – 40 innings
- Virender Sehwag – 40 innings
- Gautam Gambhir – 43 innings
- Vijay Hazare – 43 innings
- Sunil Gavaskar – 44 innings
- Sachin Tendulkar – 44 innings
Yashasvi Jaiswal just needs 10 runs in the second innings to equal the record with the legendary batters Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag.
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