In the ongoing second Test match against England in Birmingham, Team India skipper Shubman Gill slammed a 269-run knock off 387 deliveries, which included 30 boundaries and three maximums. In first previous Test match at Headingley Carnegie, Gill played a knock of 147 runs in 227 balls, which was laced with 19 boundaries and a maximum (Pic: X/@BCCI)
Earlier in 2024, the right-hander had accumulated 110 runs in 150 balls, with the help of 12 boundaries and five maximums. With this, he became just the fourth Indian batsman to score centuries in three consecutive Test matches against the 'Three Lions' (Pic: X/@BCCI)
Former skipper Mohammad Azharuddin has also scored 110 runs after facing 322 balls against the Englishmen. During his knock in 1984 during the third Test against England, he had smashed 10 boundaries. The following year, in the fourth Test match, the right-hander registered a score of 105 runs in 218 balls, including 18 boundaries. In the same year, during the fifth Test, he accumulated 122 runs off 270 deliveries, which included 16 boundaries (Pic: File Pic)
Dilip Vengsarkar comes next on the list. In the Test series in 1985, the right-hander had scored 137 runs in 255 balls, which also included 17 boundaries and a maximum. Later in 1986, Vengsarkar played an unbeaten knock of 126 runs off 213 balls, including 16 boundaries. In the same series, he yet again played an unbeaten knock of 102 runs in the second Test match. His knock came in 216 balls, including 10 boundaries (Pic: X/@ICC)
Legendary Rahul Dravid also has his name scripted for this elite record. In the 2008 series against the Englishmen, after facing 328 balls, Dravid scored 136 runs, with the help of 19 boundaries. Later in 2011, in the first Test match, the right-hander played an unbeaten knock of 103 runs, which came in 220 balls, including 15 boundaries. In the same series during the second Test match, he garnered 117 runs off 235 balls, including 15 boundaries (Pic: X/@ICC)
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