Former India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik lavished praise on Shubman Gill after his fourth hundred in the Manchester Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy against England. Gill joined the elite list featuring legends as he smashed his fourth century of the series.
Gill scored 103 on the final day of the fourth Test against England at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester. However, India still trailed by 88 runs at the time of his dismissal, but Gill had already created history. In terms of overall World Test Championship (WTC) numbers, Gill's record continues to grow stronger. Gill now has nine centuries in the WTC era, levelling former Indian skipper Rohit Sharma's tally, although Gill has done it in just 67 innings compared to Rohit's 69.
"This young boy from Punjab, setting it alight in England. There were questions about him as a batter, and he's put that to bed. He's been outstanding. He's taken to leadership like a duck to water. India cricket is in safe hands," Karthik said on air, as quoted from Sky Sports.
Gill is currently the highest run-getter in the five-Test match series of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025, scoring 722 runs in four Test matches, including four centuries.
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As the series stands, Gill has already amassed an unbeaten 722 runs, surpassing Yashasvi Jaiswal's 712 against England at home just last year.
Sunil Gavaskar is the only Indian cricketer who has scored more in a single Test series for India, his 774 runs in the 1971 away tour of the West Indies and 732 at home in 1978/79. Gill is yet to feature in the fifth Test, and he will surely surpass both of Gavaskar's legendary marks.
Coming to the match, Gill's exceptional innings of 103 kept his side in the game as his side posted 223 runs with the loss of four wickets at the end of the first session on Day 5 against England.
At the stroke of lunch, the visitors are 223/4, with Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja unbeaten at the crease. The Shubman Gill-led side still trails the Three Lions' total of 669 by 88 runs.