Shubman Gill etched his name into cricket history with record scores of 269 off 387 and 161 off 162 in the second Test of the ongoing five-match series between England and India. He broke numerous records with one of the best batting performances in the game’s longest format.
Gill accumulated 430 runs in Edgbaston, moving him into second place on the list of the highest Test match aggregates by a hitter. Gill is also the only Indian to be ranked in the top five of the prestigious list, which includes some of the world’s best batters.
Highest Test match aggregates for a batter (as of July 5, 2025):
| Player | Opposition | Venue | Year | Individual Scores | Aggregate Score |
| Graham Gooch | India | Lord’s | 1990 | 333, 123 | 456 |
| Shubman Gill | England | Edgbaston | 2025 | 269, 161 | 430 |
| Mark Taylor | Pakistan | Peshawar | 1998 | 334*, 92 | 426 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | Bangladesh | Chattogram | 2014 | 319, 105 | 424 |
| Brian Lara | England | St John’s | 2004 | 400, DNB | 400 |
India declared on 427/6 in 83 overs, a couple of overs after Gill departed, setting a whopping 608-run target for the hosts with a little over three sessions left in the Test. The Gill-led unit has given themselves a proper shot to levelling the series after going down by five wickets in the series opener at Headingley.
Gill’s 430-run compilation had 43 fours and 11 sixes, adding to 238 runs only from boundaries, which is another record as it amounts to more than 55% of his match aggregate.
After getting to his 150 in India’s second innings, Gill also became only the second batter to register 150-plus scores in both innings of a Test match after the great Allan Border (150* & 153) against Pakistan in Lahore in 1980.
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