Shubman Gill finishes England Test series with stunning 754 runs: Stat Pack

Shubman Gill stood out in India’s 2025 Test series in England, where he scored an impressive 754 runs across five matches, averaging 75.40 with four centuries. Remarkably, every time he crossed 50, he went on to convert it into a hundred, highlighting his exceptional conversion rate.

His dominance was clear at Edgbaston in the second Test, where he scored 269 and 161, racking up 430 runs in a single match to lead India to a commanding win. Gill also became the first Asian batter to score over 700 runs in a Test series in England — a testament to his consistency and stamina.

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In the fourth Test at Old Trafford in Manchester, his unbeaten 78 under pressure helped secure a draw through a crucial 174-run partnership with KL Rahul.

Gill didn’t have the best of times in the fifth Test at The Oval in London. He scored 21 runs in the first innings before getting out for 11 in the second.

Throughout the series, Gill achieved several milestones. Taking over from Rohit Sharma as India’s Test captain, with the England series marking his debut in the role, the young leader showcased his remarkable talent and leadership.

Here are some startling numbers around Shubman Gill in the Test series against England

1 - Shubman Gill made the most runs by an Indian captain in a Test series, going past Sunil Gavaskar’s 732 in 1978. Overall, Gill is only second behind Don Bradman’s 810 back in the 1936-37 Ashes in Australia.

2 - Shubman Gill scored the second-most runs amongst Indian batters in a single Test series. Sunil Gavaskar’s 774 in the 1971 tour of the West Indies remains the highest.

3 - Shubman Gill made the third-most runs by a No.4 batter in a Test series. Steve Smith’s 774 in the Ashes 2019 remains the highest, followed by Denis Compton’s 753 in South Africa’s 1947 tour of England.

2- Shubman Gill is joint-second in the list of most hundreds in a bilateral Test series. Clyde Walcott is the only batter with five hundreds in a Test series.

1 - Shubman Gill has the joint-most hundreds scored by captains in a single bilateral Test series (4). Don Bradman (1947-48 Ashes) and Sunil Gavaskar (1978-79 home series against West Indies) also have four centuries.

1 - Shubman Gill set the record for most runs by an Indian batter in a Test match during the Edgbaston Test (430). He went past Sunil Gavaskar’s 344 (124 and 220) against the West Indies back in 1971 in Port of Spain.

1 - After his 269 and 161-run knocks at Edgbaston, Shubman Gill became the first Indian batter with a double hundred and a 150-run knock in the same match. Sunil Gavaskar scored a double century and a century back in 1971 in Port of Spain.

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1 - In the Edgbaston Test itself, Gill set the record for the highest score by an Indian captain in Test cricket. He went past Virat Kohli’s 254 not out in the Pune Test against South Africa in 219.

1 - In the same match, Gill set the record for the highest score by an Indian batter in Tests in England. He went past Sunil Gavaskar’s 221 back in 1979 at the Kennington Oval in London.

1 - Shubman Gill racked up the highest score by an Asian captain in SENA countries (269). He went past Tillakaratne Dilshan’s 193 against England at Lord’s in 2011.

5 - Shubman Gill hammered the fifth-highest score at Edgbaston. Alastair Cook’s 294 against India in 2011 tops the list, followed by Peter May’s 285 not out against West Indies in 1957, Graeme Smith’s 277 against England in 2003 and Zaheer Abbas’ 274 against England in 1971.

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Published By: sabyasachi chowdhury Published On: Aug 2, 2025

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