Shubman Gill made history on Sunday by becoming the first captain to score four centuries in his debut Test series. He achieved the milestone on Day 5 of the fourth Test against England at Old Trafford, reaching his 100 with a single off Chris Woakes. Gill’s innings not only helped India recover from 0/2 but also placed him in the elite group of players to have scored 700-plus runs in a single series. The knock marked a high point in his captaincy debut.
Gill scores 4 Centuries as Captain
Shubman Gill became the first player to score four centuries in his debut Test series as captain. He hit his 4th hundred on Day 5 of the fourth Test at Old Trafford, helping India bounce back after losing two early wickets. With this, Gill matched legends like Bradman and Sunil Gavaskar, who also scored four centuries in a series, but neither did it away from home, nor while leading the team for the first time.
Most Test Hundreds by an Indian
Shubman Gill scored four centuries in the Test series against England. Before him, only Sunil Gavaskar and Virat Kohli had done this for India. Gill is the first to achieve it in England.
700+ runs in a Test Series
With an unbeaten 701 runs in the series so far, Gill has joined an elite group of Indians who have scored 700 or more runs in a single Test series. Only Sunil Gavaskar and Yashasvi Jaiswal had scored over 700 runs in a Test series before. Now, Shubman Gill joins them. He also became the first Indian since Sachin Tendulkar in 1990 to score a Test century at Old Trafford.
