Large records on the first day of the headingley test: Shubman Gill made history.

Delhi: Before the commencement of the Test, there was more discussion of those stars who were not even in Team India for the Test, but till the end of the first day’s play, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill had come up very much in the chart of discussion. Here let’s see some big records that Shubman Gill made during his first day’s 127*:

Shubman Gill’s record

Indians who made 100 in the first innings

Only the fourth captain who made 100 in the first innings as India’s Test captain.

• 164* Vijay Hazare, against England, Delhi 1951
  116 Sunil Gavaskar, against New Zealand, Auckland 1976
  115 Virat Kohli, against Australia, Adelaide 2014
  127* Shubman Gill, against England, Handingley 2025

Captain who made 100 in first innings in England

Of these, these are the first Indian to make a record in England. Overall, only the fourth captain who set these records in England

• Billy Murdoch (Australia) 1880
  GHS Trot (Australia) 1896
  DH McGlu (South Africa) 1955
  If you also include the captain of England, then the names of Andrew Strauss 2006, Kevin Pietersen 2008 and Joe Root 2017 will also be added.
• In the context of the Indian captain, if you take 50+ score in this record, then the names of Hemu Adhikari (63), Nari Contractor (62), Chandu Borde (69), Sourav Ganguly (84) and KL Rahul (50) will also be added.
  Overall, Shubman Gill is the 23rd player to make 100 in the innings as captain.

The youngest guest captain to put 100 in Test cricket in England:

• 22 years 173 days – Graeme Smith (South Africa), against England, Birmingham, 2003
  24 years 44 days – Javed Barki (Pakistan), against England, Lords, 1962
  25 years 285 days – Shubman Gill (India), against England, Leeds, 2025
  25 years 324 days – Billy Murdoch (Australia), against England, The Oval, 1880
• For the second time in England, two 100 were made for India on the first day of the Test match. Earlier, Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar made this record in Nottingham Test, 1996. Now the records also included Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill.
• Shubman Gill made his biggest score in Tests in SENA countries in his first innings as captain. The previous record was 91 which was built in January 2021 in Brisbane in Australia.
• Shubman Gill scored 50 runs in his 127* in 56 balls, next 50 runs in 84 balls and 27* runs after that in 35 balls.

Indians who put 100 in Leeds in Test cricket (all against England):

• Vijay Manjrekar – 133, 1952
  Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi – 148, 1967
  Dilip Vengsarkar – 1021986 Rahul Dravid – 148, 2002 Sachin Tendulkar – 193, 2002 Sourav Ganguly – 128, 2002 Yashasvi Jaiswal – 101, 2025 Shubman Gill – 1272025

On the first day of the foreign Test tour, the name of two Indian batsmen also now came in the record of 100:

• Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag: South Africa, Blomphonten, 2001
  Shikhar Dhawan and Cheteshwar Pujara: Sri Lanka, Gaul, 2017 against Sri Lanka
  Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill: England, Headingley, 2025

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