Shubman Gill had scored a century in the first innings of the Leeds Test match.
Indian Test team captain Shubman Gill scored a brilliant century in his captaincy debut in the first Test against England which started on 20 June 2025 in Leeds. He played a brilliant innings of 147 runs in the first innings, but in the second innings he was dismissed after scoring only 8 runs. Despite this, Gill surpassed legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar by scoring a total of 155 runs in his first Test captaincy match and secured third place in a special record.
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Most runs in Test captaincy debut
Virat Kohli still holds the record for scoring the most runs in the first match as an Indian Test captain. Kohli scored 256 runs in his debut captaincy Test, including 115 in the first innings and 141 in the second. Second on this list is Vijay Hazare, who scored 164 runs in the only innings in his first captaincy Test. Now Shubman Gill has come to third place with 155 runs, which includes 147 runs in his first innings and 8 runs in the second.
Left Gavaskar and Vengsarkar behind
With this record, Gill has left behind former captain Sunil Gavaskar, who has now slipped to fourth place in this list. Gavaskar had scored 151 runs in his first captaincy Test, which included 116 in the first innings and 35 not out in the second. At the same time, legendary batsman Dilip Vengsarkar scored 112 runs in his captaincy debut Test, which included 10 runs in the first innings and 102 in the second.
Gill’s challenge
Shubman Gill performed brilliantly in his first innings, but his failure in the second innings raised some questions. Still, this record gave him a special place in Indian cricket history. Will Gill be able to break more records with his captaincy and batting in this series, and will India be able to defeat England on its home ground?
