Records galore during Gill masterclass at Edgbaston

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Building on a strong start on Day 1 of the second Test after being asked to bat by England skipper Ben Stokes, India built further on their advantage with Gill shattering multiple records in his knock so far.

With handy support from Ravindra Jadeja (89) and Washington Sundar (42), India Captain Shubman Gill led the team past their first total of 500 on the tour.

Having scored his second successive century of the series on the first day, the Indian skipper slammed his maiden Test double hundred during the second session of play in the 122nd over.

This was the first-ever Test double hundred by an Indian skipper in England. This was also just the second Test double century by an India skipper away from home, with Virat Kohli having achieved the feat against the West Indies in 2016. Gill kept going for his shots and soon ran past the score of 221 achieved by India great Sunil Gavaskar in 1979, making him the India batter with the highest Test score in England.

As he went past 241, he broke Sachin Tendulkar’s 21-year-old record of having the highest score by an India batter in overseas (barring India and other Asian countries) conditions.