Shubman Gill etched his name in the history books with a heroic knock to help India pull off a miracle to draw the fourth Test of the 2025 Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester and ensure they have a chance to avoid a series-defining defeat heading into the series finale at the Oval Cricket Ground.

Gill made his fourth ton of the series with a knock of 103 in 238 balls, which set the stage for India to level the game after conceding a 311-run lead before finding themselves 0-2. Gill put up a huge partnership of 188 runs with KL Rahul (90) for the third wicket before Washington Sundar (101) and Ravindra Jadeja (107) ensured India did not lose any more wickets.

The ton at Old Trafford is Gill's fourth century in the series. The Indian captain is only the third player in history to score four centuries in a series while leading the side, alongside Don Bradman (Australia vs India, 1947) and Sunil Gavaskar (India vs West Indies, 1978).

However, Gill is the first player to achieve the feat in an away series, breaking a world record first set by Don Bradman in 1938. Across the years, nine visiting captains managed to score three centuries in a series.

Player	Centuries	Team	Opponent	Year
Shubman Gill	4	India	England	2025
Don Bradman	3	Australia	England	1938
Walter Hammond	3	England	South Africa	1938-39
Alan Melville	3	South Africa	England	1947
Gary Sobers	3	West Indies	England	1966
Greame Smith	3	South Africa	West Indies	2005
Andrew Strauss	3	England	West Indies	2009
Alastair Cook	3	England	India	2012
Virat Kohli	3	India	Australia	2014-15
Steve Smith	3	Australia	India	2017

Gill currently has 722 runs in the series in four matches at an average of 90.25. He has reached the three-figure mark on all four occasions he has crossed the 50-run mark. The Indian captain made 430 runs in the Edgbaston Test with knocks of 269 and 161. Earlier, he made 147 in the first Test at Leeds.

The run-tally is the joint-most by a visiting captain in a series alongside Gary Sobers, who made 722 runs against England in 1966. Greame Smith (714 runs vs England in 2002) is the only other captain to make more than 700 runs in an away series.

Gill is only the third Indian batter after Yashasvi Jaiswal ( vs England, 2024) and Sunil Gavaskar (vs West Indies, 1971 and 1978) to score more than 700 runs in a series.

His tally of four centuries is the joint-most by an Indian in a series after Sunil Gavaskar (vs West Indies, 1971) and Virat Kohli (vs Australia, 2014). All three instances have come away from home.

Gill is only the second visiting player after Bradman (1930) to score four centuries against England in a series.