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Indian Test captain Shubman Gill has etched his name among cricket greats with a historic double-hundred in the second test against England.
This marked the highest-ever score by an Indian captain in Tests in England and one of the highest by an Indian batter for a test match outside Asia. However, the excitement for the landmark score elated Shubman Gill to such an extent that he forgot about his trademark celebration.
Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj immediately came to his captain's rescue as he reminded him to complete his signature move. Gill responded instantaneously as he bowed down and completed his trademark celebration.
Mohammed Siraj reminds Shubman Gill from the stands: Watch here
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List of records broken by Shubman Gill during his historic knock at Edgbaston
269 runs—Shubman's record total at Edgbaston is now the highest ever by an Indian captain in tests, surpassing former Indian legend Virat Kohli's 254 against South Africa at Pune in 2019.
Shubman Gill's 269 is also the highest-ever test score by an Indian batter outside Asia, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar's former 241* at SCG back in the Australian tour of 2004.
This 269 marked the third-highest total by an Indian batter in a test outside India, surpassing Virender Sehwag's 309 and Rahul Dravid's historic 270 at Rawalpindi.
Gill now has the highest score by an Indian in a test match in England; he surpassed the likes of Sunil Gavaskar's 221 and Rahul Dravid's 217. He is also the third Indian batter with a double hundred in England.
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This 269-run score by Gill is also the seventh-highest score by an Indian batter in Test cricket history.
A unique record made by Gill was his historic controlled percentage of shots. 93.28 for Shubman Gill, while only the likes of Ian Bell and Jamie Smith had a higher control percentage during hundreds in test cricket in England.
Gill's score of 269 is the eighth-highest by a visiting batter in England. Before this, only Graeme Smith and Zaheer Abbas had scored double-hundreds as visiting batters at Edgbaston.
Gill joins an elite list of cricketers dominated by Indians, as he now has double-hundreds in both formats of the game. He joins Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, and Chris Gayle as the 5th batter on the list.
Mohammed Siraj strikes in the first spell to send Zack Crawley back
Indian pace bowling sensation Mohammed Siraj leads the pace bowling unit of India for the second test, as he is the senior pro in the absence of world No. 1 test bowler Jasprit Bumrah.
Mohammed Siraj picked only two wickets in the first test at Leeds, which came after much effort; however, coming with added responsibilities at Birmingham, he picked the vital wicket of English opener Zack Crawley.
This was the third wicket picked by the Indian side in the last hour of the day's play, as Akash Deep picked two early wickets in quick succession on Day 1, dismissing centurions from Leeds, Ben Duckett, and Ollie Pope.
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