
Captain Shubman Gill scored 430 runs in the second Test at Edgbaston. After smashing 269 in the first innings, he followed it up with a quickfire 161 in the second. Photo: AP
Team India achieved a stupendous feat in the second Test against England at Edgbaston as they became the sixth side in the history of Test cricket to surpass 1,000 runs in a single Test match, scoring a mammoth 1,014 runs across both innings. Captain Shubman Gill alone scored 430 runs - 269 in the first innings and 161 in the second. He has now accumulated 585 runs in two Tests, the most by any players in the ongoing series. India’s aggregate of 1,014 runs at Edgbaston marked their highest ever in a Test match, exceeding their previous record of 916 set against Australia in the 2004 Sydney Test.
With their run feast at Edgbaston, Team India have joined the exclusive '1000-run club', also featuring England (1930), Australia (1934 and 1969), Pakistan (2006), and South Africa (1939).
India's 1,014 runs is the fourth highest in the history of Test cricket. England lead the chart with 1,121 runs, scored against West Indies in 1930 at Kingston, Jamaica. Pakistan's 1,078 against India in the 2006 Faisalabad Test is second on the list, while Australia's 1,028 against England in the 1934 The Oval Test is the third-highest total. Australia crossed the 1,000-run mark again in 1969 against West Indies in Sydney. South Africa’s 1,011 against England in the 1939 Durban Test is sixth on the list.
Meanwhile, India’s aggregate of 1,849 runs in the first two Tests of this five-match series is now the highest by any team in the first two matches of a Test series, demonstrating India's depth in the batting line-up. In the first Test at Leeds, four Indian batters scored hundreds, with Rishabh Pant scoring twin tons.
At Edgbaston, India scored 587 all out in the first innings and 427 for 6 declared in the second, setting a massive 608-run target for England - the second-highest India have ever set in a fourth innings and the second-highest England have been asked to chase at home.
In the first innings, Gill's 269 was ably backed by Ravindra Jadeja’s 89 and Washington Sundar’s 42. Earlier, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 87.
In response, England were bundled out for 407 but not before giving India a scare with Harry Brook (158) and Jamie Smith (184 not out) sharing a 303-run partnership. Mohammed Siraj’s six-wicket haul and Akash Deep’s 4 for 88 helped India bounce back.
In the second innings, Gill led from the front, scoring a quickfire 161. Jadeja scored his second half-century of the match, finishing 69 not out. Pant scored 65 and KL Rahul 55 to propel India past the 1,000-run mark.