Shubman Gill Beats Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma To Script Massive Record vs Sri Lanka

Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli - (Source: AFP)

On Sunday, August 23, India captain Shubman Gill walked to bat in the 2nd Test against Sri Lanka when India were reduced to 66/2. The India captain had a poor 1st Test, but he turned things around in the ongoing fixture.

Shubman Gill scored a brilliant fifty but returned to the pavilion right after the milestone. The India captain failed to convert his fifty into a hundred but still achieved a massive feat that no one before him had achieved.

Shubman Gill Completes 1000 Runs in WTC Cycle

With the fifty, Gill completed 1000 runs as India captain in the WTC cycle. Interestingly, Gill achieved this feat in a single edition and has become the 1st ever India captain to do so. Not even Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have achieved this feat.

Gill took over captaincy when India visited England for a five-match Test series in 2025. Gill had a brilliant series, scoring 754 runs, including a double century. Following that series, Gill captained India against West Indies and now Sri Lanka. He achieved the feat in his 10th match as India captain.

Shubman Gill's record in Test cricket

Criteria	Data
Matches	11
Innings	18
Runs	1150
Average	71.87
100/50	6/2

After Gill, Virat Kohli is second on the list with 934 runs in 15 innings in the 2019-2021 WTC cycle.

Shubman Joins Amazing List Of Test Captains

Overall, the 26-year-old has become the fifth captain overall to score more than 1,000 runs in a single edition of the WTC. Notably, Joe Root holds the record for most runs in a single edition of the WTC as a captain with 1968 runs.

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Talking about other captains, Babar Azam, Dimuth Karunaratne, Joe Root, and Ben Stokes are the other four captains to have achieved the same feat.

Shubman Scripts Another Massive Feat

Notably, with the fifty-plus run knock in the 2nd Test vs Sri Lanka, Gill also completed 3000 runs in Test cricket. The 26-year-old took 77 innings to reach this milestone. Gill became the 28th Indian cricketer to score 3000+ Test runs.

Gill may not be the fastest Indian to 3000 Test runs, but he is the 4th youngest to 3000 Test runs. Here is the list.

Youngest to 3000 Test runs for India

-23y 228d - Sachin Tendulkar

-26y 157d - Virender Sehwag

-26d 263d - Dilip Vengsarkar

-26y 349d - Shubman Gill

-26y 356d - Kapil Dev