Shubman Gill joins Virat Kohli in elite list with century 18th international century in Manchester Test

India captain Shubman Gill scored his 9th Test century and his 18th hundred in international cricket during the Manchester Test against England. This was the 25-year-old's fourth ton of the ongoing Test series and saw him continue his stunning form. 

The India batter has so far scored 722 runs in 8 innings in the Test series against England so far. Gill's knock of 103 at Old Trafford saw him become the Indian batter to score the third-most runs in a Test series. He is now only 53 runs behind in surpassing the list leader Sunil Gavaskar's run tally of 774 runs which came in a series against West Indies back in 1970.  

With his 18th century in international cricket, Gill joined an elite list consisting of greats like Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli. He became the batter to score joint fifth-most centuries in internatonals by the age of 25.

Here is the list of batters to score the most international centuries by the age of 25 -

1. Sachin Tendulkar - 40 centuries

2. Virat Kohli - 26 centuries

3. Kane Williamson - 21 centuries

4. Joe Root - 19 centuries

5. Chris Gayle - 18 centuries

6. Shubman Gill - 18 centuries

The only Test where Gill has missed out on scoring a hundred was the match at Lord's where he only managed to put up scores of 16 and 6 in the first and second innings respectively. Despite this being Gill's first Test tour as India's captain, he has went on to show immense maturity and has also drastically improved his record on foreign soil.

Gill came out to bat when India had gotten restricted to 0/2 in their second innings of Manchester Test.. The India batter first formed a sensational 188-run stand alongside KL Rahul and now his knock of 103 can prove to be crucial for the Men in Blue in pulling off a draw in a match which they looked to have lost at one stage.