SHUBMAN GILL (BCCI Photo) New Delhi: SHUBMAN GILL has improved his name in history books by becoming the first Indian – and the first Asian – a captain to win a double century in a test match in England. Milestone came 2. The day of the second test in Edgbaston on Thursday.The previous best Asian captain in England was 193, which scored in 2011 by Sri Lanka Tilllatne Dilshan in Lord’s.
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Gill, who recorded a fine of 147 on his captain’s debut in Leeds, reached his first double century in a single -test cricket – pulling Josha’s tongue to a deep fine leg. It took him 311 supplies to get there.With this performance, Gill joined the elite group of Indian captains to record double hundreds of tests – a club that includes Mak Pataudi, Sunil Gavascar, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and Virt Kohli. Kohli remains a record of seven double hundred years as a captain.
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Before Gill’s knock, the highest score of Indian captain in hay (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) was 192 Mohammad Azharuddin against New Zealand in Auckland in 1990. Azhar 179 in Manchester, also in 1990.
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Gill’s orientation shifts were attached with 21 boundaries and two six -towering, underlining its inspection and taste on the surface offered by the pitch. With this click, he also became only the third Indian, which registered a double hundred test in England after Sunil Gavascar and Rahul Dravid.
