Shubman Gill knocks Sunil Gavaskar off the throne, becomes India's greatest-ever in this aspect

India National Cricket Team Test skipper Shubman Gill has shattered an all-time record of the legendary Sunil Gavaskar with his performances on the England tour.

Shubman Gill has been in tremendous form in the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025 against the England National Cricket Team and has emerged as India's top performer.

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Shubman Gill tops Sunil Gavaskar’s 732 runs against the West Indies

Ever since taking over the leadership of the Indian Test team, Gill has looked in beast mode with the bat, and he has completely transformed his game in the purest form of cricket.

Shubman Gill has significantly bettered his record in overseas Test matches with his sensational performances in the ongoing five-match Test series and has put his name in the history books.

From the very first match at Headingley in Leeds, Gill has looked superb with the bat and consistently scored runs for India, making sure that the contributions of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are not missed.

The 25-year-old registered scores of 147, 8, 269, 161, 16, 6, 12, and 103 in the first eight innings and is currently unbeaten at 15* in the ongoing Test match at The Oval in London.

These performances have helped him become the Indian captain with the most runs in a Test series, surpassing Sunil Gavaskar's tally of 732 runs.

Most Runs By An Indian Captain In A Test Series:

733* - Shubman Gill vs ENG, 2025

732 - Gavaskar vs WI, 1978/79

655 - Kohli vs ENG, 2016/17

610 - Kohli vs SL, 2017/18

593 - Kohli vs ENG, 2018

Most Runs In A Test Series By An Indian Batsman:

Sunil Gavaskar – 774 (vs WI, 1971)

Shubman Gill – 733* (vs ENG, 2025)

Sunil Gavaskar – 732 (vs WI, 1978)

Yashasvi Jaiswal – 712 (vs ENG, 2024)

Virat Kohli – 692 (vs AUS, 2014)

Most runs by the Indian Captain in

Test Series - Shubman Gill (733* v ENG, 2025)

ODI Series - Virat Kohli (558 v SA, 2018)

T20I Series - Virat Kohli (231 v ENG, 2021)

This is good, proactive batting from the India captain - Ricky Ponting

Speaking on Sky Sports, the legendary Australian skipper Ricky Ponting lavished rich praise on Shubman Gill for batting with a Joe Root-like approach in the first innings of the Oval Test match.

Ricky Ponting highlighted how the Indian skipper took "certain modes of dismissal out of the equation" and showed proactive batting. He elaborated:

“Joe Root spoke last week about taking certain modes of dismissal out of the equation. That is what Gill is trying to do here, by batting so far out of his crease.

"He has identified Woakes is going after him with lbw so if he takes a stride forward, anything that hits him on the pad might be outside the line.

"It also puts Woakes off his length as the bowler now needs to drag it back and balls may now go over the stumps. This is good, proactive batting from the India captain."