Gill hits maiden Test double ton; First Asian to do so in SENA countries

Gill is only the second player after Kohli to achieve this record in an away Test

The newly appointed Indian skipper, Shubman Gill, continues to break records as the leader of India’s red-ball side. In the second Test against England at Edgbaston, Gill first broke the record for the highest individual score by an Indian captain in England in Test cricket, surpassing Azharuddin’s 79-run mark. But the 25-year-old batter decided not to stop there and went on to score his maiden Test double hundred in 310 balls. 

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Shubman Gill’s double century has now placed him in the company of the likes of Dhoni, Kohli, Sachin and Gavaskar, as he becomes only the sixth Indian player to score a double hundred as team captain. He is also only the second Indian, after Kohli, to achieve this feat in an away Test.  List of Indian captains with double hundred in Tests 

Player	Score	Opponent	Venue	Year	Home/Away
MAK Pataudi	203*	England	Delhi	1964	Home
Sunil Gavaskar	205	West Indies	Mumbai	1978	Home
Sachin Tendulkar	217	New Zealand	Ahmedabad	1999	Home
Mahendra Singh Dhoni	224	Australia	Chennai	2013	Home
Virat Kohli	200	West Indies	North Sound, Antigua	2016	Away
Shubman Gill	250*	England	Edgbaston	2025	Away

 

Highest score by an Asian batter in SENA countries 

Gill’s double hundred in England is also the only instance of an Asian batter scoring a double hundred in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia) countries in Tests. Before him, the highest individual score by an Asian batter in SENA countries was 193 by Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan, who scored it against England at Lord’s in 2011. 

Player	Venue	Year	Score
Shubman Gill	Birmingham	2025	250*
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Lord's	2011	193
Mohammad Azharuddin	Auckland	1990	192
Hanif Mohammad	Lord's	1967	187*
Mohammad Azharuddin	Manchester	1990	179