Shubman Gill maintained his scorching type with one more century, piling on the strain and stretching India’s large lead within the second Take a look at at Edgbaston in Birmingham. After dropping the opening Take a look at by 5 wickets at Headingley, India are decided to bounce again and stage the five-match sequence 1-1 — and Gill’s batting masterclass has put them firmly in management.Amid Gill’s dominant knock, a lighthearted change between the Indian skipper and England batter Harry Brook added a contact of humour to the tense contest.Right here’s how the dialog unfolded:Harry Brook: “Not 450 declared? Shubman, it’s raining tomorrow. Half day. Afternoon. It’s raining.”Shubman Gill: “Dangerous luck for us.”Harry Brook: “Take the draw.”Shubman grew to become simply the third Indian skipper to attain centuries in each innings of a Take a look at match, becoming a member of the legendary Sunil Gavaskar (vs West Indies, Kolkata, 1978) and Virat Kohli (vs Australia, Adelaide, 2014).

What makes Gill’s feat much more exceptional is the magnitude of his contribution — a surprising 269 within the first innings adopted by a fluent century within the second.

With this, he additionally grew to become solely the ninth batter in Take a look at historical past to register a double hundred and a century in the identical Take a look at match. For India, solely Gavaskar had achieved this uncommon feat earlier than, throughout the well-known 1971 sequence towards the West Indies in Port of Spain.Gill is now additionally the second Indian after Kohli to attain three centuries in his first two Exams as captain. Kohli had achieved this throughout his captaincy debut in 2014-15, and now Gill has matched that feat with centuries at Headingley and a twin-ton masterclass at Edgbaston. Solely two gamers in Take a look at historical past — Kohli and Gill — have managed this uncommon feat of three lots of of their first two matches as Take a look at captain.As well as, Gill joins an unique group of gamers — together with Vijay Hazare, Sunil Gavaskar, Greg Chappell, and Steven Smith — who’ve scored two centuries of their first two Exams as skipper.