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Shubman Gill Within Striking Distance of Gavaskar and Bradman Records Ahead of Oval Test

Having amassed 722 runs with four centuries, Gill enters The Oval needing just small scores to topple multiple long-standing Test records.

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India's captain Shubman Gill celebrates his century
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Overview

  • Gill has compiled 722 runs in eight innings with four centuries, surpassing Rahul Dravid’s mark for most runs by an Indian in a Test series in England.
  • He is the first Test captain to score four centuries in an away series, joining only Don Bradman and Sunil Gavaskar in that achievement.
  • Gill stands 11 runs shy of Sunil Gavaskar’s captaincy record of 732 runs and 53 runs short of Gavaskar’s overall Indian bilateral series tally of 774.
  • A further 89 runs at The Oval would eclipse Don Bradman’s 810-run record for the highest-scoring captain in a single Test series.
  • India trail the five-match series 1-2 and can secure their first drawn series in England since 2007 by leveling at The Oval.