In the very first over of India’s second innings, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudarshan were out, both could not even open the account. After this, KL Rahul (87) and Shubman Gill (78) did not let the wicket fall till the end of the fourth day’s play and gave relief to India by sharing 174 runs. In this innings, Gill left Virat Kohli behind in a big record and now he is eyeing Sunil Gavaskar’s record.
Shubman Gill has left Virat Kohli behind in terms of scoring the most runs in a Test series, he has come second. Kohli, who recently retired from Test format, had scored 655 runs in a series against England in 2016-17, Gill has crossed this figure. Gill’s name has now been 697 runs. Now he is only behind Sunil Gavaskar, he is on the threshold of breaking his record.
Captain Shubman Gill is on the threshold of creating history
As an Indian captain, Sunil Gavaskar holds the record of scoring the most runs in a Test series, who scored 732 runs in 9 innings of 6 matches against West Indies in 1978-79. No one could break this record for 46 years, but Gill is now very close to breaking it. Shubman will break this big record as soon as he adds 36 runs in his innings and will come first.
As captain as captain the most runs in a Test series (Indian)
- Sunil Gavaskar- 732 (vs West Indies 1978-79)
- Shubman Gill- 697* (vs England 2025)
- Virat Kohli- 655 (vs England 2016-17)
- Virat Kohli- 610 (vs Sri Lanka 2017-18)
- Virat Kohli- 593 (vs England 2018)
India vs England today last day of the fourth Test
India’s first innings was reduced to 358 runs, after which England scored a huge score of 669 runs to take a lead of 311 runs. Ben Stokes took 5 wickets and also hit a century, he became the fifth and first captain of England to do so. The start of India’s second innings was very bad, in the first over, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudarshan were dismissed without opening an account. Under this pressure, KL Rahul shared a 174 -run partnership with Shubman Gill, and will carry forward this partnership today. India are currently 137 runs behind. Team India can no longer win this match, they have to avoid defeat by just saving their wickets.
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