IND vs ENG: Shubman Gill breaks Virat Kohli's robust all-time record with towering 269 on Day 2 of 2nd Test against England

With a masterful and stylish innings, Shubman Gill etched his name into the annals of Indian cricket by scoring a double century against England in the second Test at Edgbaston.

The 25-year-old India's Test captain produced a batting masterclass that surpassed some of the most celebrated innings in Indian Test cricket history. Playing in only his second Test as skipper, Gill achieved a phenomenal score of 269.
 

Gill's innings of 269 surpassed Virat Kohli's previous highest score of 254 not out, making it the highest individual Test score by an Indian captain, as well as the highest score by any Indian batsman in England.
 

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Prior to Gill's remarkable innings, no Indian captain had ever achieved a double century in a Test match against England in England. The highest score previously held by an Indian captain in such a fixture was Mohammad Azharuddin's 179 at Old Trafford in 1990. Gill has now surpassed that record, becoming the first Indian skipper to reach a double ton on English soil.
 

Gill's remarkable innings of 269 elevates him to an exclusive echelon of Indian batsmen, making him only the sixth Indian to score 250 or more in a Test innings. He now stands alongside legendary cricketers such as Virender Sehwag, who accomplished this feat four times, as well as V.V.S. Laxman, Rahul Dravid, Karun Nair, and Virat Kohli. What sets Gill's knock apart from those of his predecessors is that it was achieved outside the Indian subcontinent. This makes it the highest-ever Test score by an Indian batter on foreign soil, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar's previous record of an unbeaten 241 in Sydney back in 2004.