In a Test match that will be etched forever in cricketing folklore, Shubman Gill produced one of the finest individual performances in the history of the game.
Leading India as their new Test captain in only his second match in charge, the 25-year-old scored 269 in the first innings and followed it up with a commanding 161 in the second, becoming the heartbeat of India's dominance over England at Edgbaston.

Gill became only the ninth batter in Test history - and just the second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar - to score both a double hundred and a hundred in the same match. His 269 and 100* placed him among legends like Brian Lara, Greg Chappell, and Graham Gooch.
Gill's 161 in the second innings made him only the second player in Test history to record 150 or more in both innings of a match, after Allan Border's 150* and 153 vs Pakistan in 1980.
With a match total of 430 runs, Gill:
Top Match Aggregates in Tests:
Gill became only the fifth player to be involved in four century stands in a single Test, joining Hanif Mohammad, Graham Gooch, Mark Taylor, and Joe Root.
Gill hit 11 sixes in the match:
He is now the third Indian captain to score centuries in both innings of a Test, after Sunil Gavaskar and Virat Kohli.
Gill became only the second player after Virat Kohli to score three Test centuries in his first two matches as captain.
Upon reaching his second innings century, Gill celebrated quietly, acknowledging the crowd and his partner. It was a mature display from a young leader.
With Virat Kohli stepping away from Test cricket, Gill's emergence couldn't have come at a better time. His technique, temperament, and leadership have marked him as the new face of Indian Test cricket.
Statistically dominant. Emotionally composed. Tactically aware. This wasn't just a Test for Gill - it was his coronation.