SHUBMAN GILL continued his dream in a test cricket and raised his 10th test century (BCCI Photo) New Delhi: SHUBMAN GILL continued his dream in the test cricket and the second day of the second test against Western India at the ARUN Jaitley stadium in Delhi raised his 10 test centuries. The 23 -year -old Indian captain, who took over the leading role after retirement at Rohit Sharma at the beginning of this year, achieved his fifth test century as a captain.Gill’s Milestone puts him in an elite company. He has now taken only 12 shifts to achieve five centuries as an Indian test captain-with-the-fastest Indian captain. The legendary Sunil Gavascar achieved this performance only in 10 shifts, while Virat Kohli needed 18 shifts to achieve the same brand. Alastair Cook (9 shifts) and Gavascar (10) were only more faster worldwide.The young opener also joined the exclusive list of Indian captains to get five test centuries in one calendar year – a record that previously reached Virt Kohli in 2017 and 2018.Gill’s season 2025 was nothing spectacular. In just 12 shifts he had already scored five centuries and gave it next to Kohl and Sachin Tendulkar. For example, Kohli reached five hundred in 16 shifts in 2017 and 24 in 2018, while Tendulkar had four in 17 shifts in 1997. Playerinns100syearv kohli1652017v kohli2452018s Gill1252025s Tendulkar1741997V Kohli18420166Since she assumed the captain, Gill’s performance has been exceptional. The first century struck as the captain of India in Leeds’ test, scored 147 runs, followed by a monumental 269 in Birmingham and Fluent 161 in the second exchange of the same match. Later he added another ton – 103 in Manchester – showed consistency and class across conditions.
