ENG vs IND : Shubman Gill’s Childhood Coach Praises Batters’ Technique Post Smashing Double Ton

As the calendar turns halfway through 2025, Shubman Gill has cemented his place not just as a prodigious talent but as arguably India’s most complete cricketer across all three formats.

With a breathtaking 269-run knock at Edgbaston, the 25-year-old Indian captain Shubman Gill has not only posted the highest individual score by an Indian on English soil, surpassing Sunil Gavaskar’s iconic 221 at The Oval in 1979, but also emerged as India’s best batter across all formats this calendar year.  Gill’s numbers in 2025 speak volumes about his consistency, adaptability, and technical evolution.

• Tests: 457 runs in 3 matches at an average of 91.40
• ODIs: 447 runs in 8 matches at 63.85 with a strike rate of 89.57
• IPL 2025: 650 runs in 15 matches at 50.00 average and 155.87 SR

In a cricketing era of format specialists,  Gill has separated himself by excelling in all three with equal command – anchoring innings in Tests, pacing ODIs with maturity, and detonating attacks in T20s.

Records galored for Shubman Gill enroute his 269 vs England at Edgbaston

Shubman Gill played arguably the best knock of his Test career on Thursday (July 3) to help India post a total of 587 runs against England in the first innings of the ongoing second Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham. During his stay at the crease, Gill faced a total of 387 balls and, with the help of 30 fours and 3 sixes, scored 269 runs as a No. 4 batter. During his 269-run knock,  Gill broke multiple batting records.

• Shubman Gill now holds the record of the highest individual score by an Indian batter in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) countries. Before Gill’s 269, the record was held by Sachin Tendulkar, who remained unbeaten on 241 runs against Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground in 2004.
• Shubman Gill on Thursday broke Virat Kohli’s record of highest score by an Indian captain in Test cricket. During the India-South Africa Test match played in Pune in October 2019, Kohli scored 254 runs as India captain
• Shubman Gill is the third visiting Test captain after Bob Simpson of Australia (311 in 1964) and Graeme Smith of South Africa (277 and 259 in 2003) to score more than 250 runs in an innings of a Test match played in England.
• Shubman Gill is third Indian after Sehwag (309 in Multan and 254 in Lahore) and Dravid (270 in Rawalpindi) to score 250-plus scores in away Tests.
• Shubman Gill is the sixth Indian captain after MAK Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, and Virat Kohli (seven times) to score a double century in Test cricket.
• Shubman  Gill (25 years and 298 days) is the second youngest Indian captain after MAK Pataudi (23 years and 239 days) to score a double century in Test cricket.
• Shubman Gill is the fourth Indian batter after Mohammad Azharuddin, Dilip Vengsarkar, and Rahul Dravid (twice) to score three centuries in back-to-back three Tests against England.
• Shubman Gill is the third Indian captain after Vijay Hazare and Azharuddin to score back-to-back Test centuries against England.
• Shubman Gill is the second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to score a century in the first Test as captain and a double century in the 2nd Test as captain.
• Shubman Gill is the first Asian captain to score a double century in SENA countries. The previous best score was 193 by Tillakaratne Dilshan of Sri Lanka at Lord’s against England in 2011.
• Shubman Gill is second Indian captain after Virat Kohli to score double century in an overseas Test. During the India-West Indies Test played at North Sound in July 2016, Kohli scored 200 runs in the first innings.
• Shubman Gill now holds the record for the highest Test score by an Indian batter in England. He broke Sunil Gavaskar’s record (221 at The Oval in 1979).
•  The 269-run knock on Thursday helped Shubman Gill break Kohli’s record (254 vs SA in 2019) of the highest score for India in a World Test Championship (WTC) match.

Following his record breaking double ton Gill’s childhood coach Sukhvinder Tinkuu is in all praise of his student .

Shubman Gill will make more records-  Sukhvinder Tinkuu

Sukhwinder Tinkku, childhood coach of Indian test skipper Shubman Gill, praised him for his superb double hundred in the second test against England at Edgbaston, Birmingham. He said  Gill’s performance was not a surprise for him and felt this is just the beginning of him; he will make more records.

While speaking to ANI Sukhwinder Tinkku said,

“Shubman Gill’s performance is not a surprise for me. I have been watching him since childhood, and the improvement he shows in the game, and the way his mind works in the game. This is the beginning of him; he will make more records… I saw this potential in him that he will become a big player.”

The 25-year-old, newly-appointed captain toppled multiple records on the way to his 269. Shubman Gill’s heroics helped India post 587 in the first innings, the side’s fourth-highest total in Tests in England.

Courtesy of Mohammed Siraj’s sensational performance, India bundled out England for 407 in their first innings and took a massive 180-run lead. The  Gill-led side further finished the day on 64/1 with KL Rahul (28*) and Karun Nair (7*) at the crease, leading by 244 runs.India will be eager to take their lead past 400 on Day 4 and post a daunting target for England to chase in the fourth innings.

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