ENG vs IND 2nd Test: Most runs for India in a Test match

Absolute 5-star performance from Shubman Gill. The newly appointed captain of India has been breaking records in England for fun. After a historic 269-run knock in the first innings of the ongoing 2nd Test at Edgbaston, he bagged another ton in the second essay. With the help of the double hundred and a 100-plus score simultaneously, the top-order batsman now surpassed legends of Indian cricket like Sunil Gavaskar, VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly, and Virendra Sehwag. Gill now holds the record of most runs for India in a Test match. 

After getting the role of leading the team from the front, the star batter's piling runs are now touching the roof. He is determined to snatch a highly important win in Edgbaston, the fortress of the England cricket team, after a heartbreaking loss in Headingley. He started his Test captaincy career with a spending hundred. In the first innings of the first match, the 25-year-old played a 147-run innings followed by an 8-run knock. In the second match, the skilled cricketer bounced back, scoring 269 off 387 to help his team reach the 587-run mark.

During this mind-blowing knock, the batter thrashed the ball 30 times for boundary and hoisted it 3 times for maximum. While writing this article, he already surpassed another hundred and is looking strong on the track for another mammoth individual score. 

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List of the record holders for scoring the most runs for India in a Test match:

• Shubman Gill vs. England, 2025: 349*
• Sunil Gavaskar vs. West Indies, 1971: 344
• VVS Laxman vs Australia, 2001: 340
• Sourav Ganguly vs Pakistan, 2007: 330
• Virendra Sehwag vs. South Africa, 2008: 319