Kumar Bahukhandi
Gill and Kohli – Photo: ANI
Gill continued his run of scoring by scoring his third century in four innings. He scored 269 runs in the first innings. Whereas, Prince scored 161 runs in the second innings. Seeing his batting, even King Kohli himself could not stop praising him.
Kudos to the second century of captain Shubman Gill (161 runs), India declared their second innings at 427 for six on the fourth day of the second Test at Edgbaston on Saturday July 5, 2025 and gave England an impossible target of 608 runs to win. England’s batsmen will be in trouble on the fifth day as the team lost three wickets for 72 runs till stumps in the second innings, including two wickets by Akash Deep and one by Mohammad Siraj.
Gill, popularly known as Prince, scored a double century in the first innings of the Edgbaston Test. He got his name recorded in the pages of history by scoring two centuries in two consecutive innings. After this, Virat Kohli, known as the King of Cricket, praised Gill in his Instagram story. Kohli wrote, ‘What a wonderful game Star Boy. You are writing history again. From here you will only go upwards and move forward. You deserve all this.’
Gill continued his run of scoring by scoring his third century in four innings. He had scored 269 runs in the first innings. Apart from him, Ravindra Jadeja (69 not out), Rishabh Pant (65) and KL Rahul (55) contributed by scoring half-centuries in the second innings. India declared the second innings an hour after tea on the fourth day.
However, experts and fans raised questions on the timing of the innings, in which Cheteshwar Pujara said on air that India should have declared the innings at least half an hour earlier. When the innings was not declared despite Gill’s dismissal, England fans in the Hollies Stand raised slogans of boring boring. Immediately after this, hooting started. Gill, who reached a century just before tea, adopted his aggressive stance against the spin duo of Shoaib Bashir and makeshift Joe Root, hitting sweep shots to deep square and mid-wicket.
Jadeja and Gill – Photo: BCCI
Gill’s 162-ball innings included 13 fours and eight sixes, taking his total to 430 runs in the match. Gill and Jadeja shared a 175-run stand for the fifth wicket. In the process, Gill surpassed legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar for the most runs by any Indian in a Test match, who scored 344 runs in a Test against West Indies in Port of Spain in 1971. He also became the second Indian after Gavaskar to score 200 and 100 in the same Test. At the same time, England have lost three wickets in their second innings and need 536 runs on the fifth day to win. Akash Deep took the wickets of dangerous Ben Duckett and Joe Root while Siraj got Zak Crawley caught at backward point on an outswinger. Harry Brook and Ollie Pope are unbeaten.
