Shubman Gill created history, broke Virat Kohli’s record and made the biggest record, became the first captain of India to achieve this feat.

In the first match of the three-match ODI series between India and England (IND vs ENG), the Indian team came out to chase the target of 259 runs. 26-year-old right-handed opening batsman and captain Shubman Gill led from the front. He played an excellent inning of 80 runs in 75 balls at the Edgbaston ground in Birmingham. However, he could not convert his innings into a century as due to muscle cramps he had to retire hurt and go out of the field.

During his aggressive and composed innings of 80 runs, Gill hit brilliant shots all around the field. He hit 11 fours and a skyscraper six in his innings. Along with this, he along with vice-captain Shreyas Iyer made a century partnership of 101 runs in 103 balls for the third wicket. Shreyas Iyer made a valuable contribution of 35 runs in this partnership, which eased the way for India’s victory.

Thanks to the 80 runs scored in this match, Shubman Gill has completed his 500 international runs as captain at the Edgbaston ground of England. He has become the first captain of India to score 500 or more runs on any one ground in England. After this historic achievement, his total number of international runs at Edgbaston has now reached 510.

Shubman Gill is being seen as the future of Indian cricket. He was given the captaincy of the Indian Test team in May 2025, after which he was also made the captain of the ODI team in October 2025. Between 2025 and 2026, he played only 2 matches as captain on the Edgbaston ground, in which he scored 510 runs at an unmatched average of 255.00 in 3 innings. This includes two centuries and one half-century, and his best score has been 269 runs.

Shubman Gill has broken Virat Kohli’s old record of scoring most runs by an Indian captain in England at Edgbaston ground. Kohli played 5 matches as captain in Edgbaston between 2017 and 2019 and scored 469 runs in 6 innings at an average of 117.25, which included 1 century and 4 half-centuries. Gill left behind this figure of Kohli in just 3 innings.

If we talk about the records of Indian captains on any one ground in England, then the names of Mohammad Azharuddin and Virat Kohli are prominent in this list. Azharuddin scored 322 runs with a best score of 179 in 4 innings at Old Trafford (Manchester) between 1990 and 1999. Whereas Virat Kohli has scored 306 runs in 8 innings at The Oval (London) and 275 runs in 4 innings at Trent Bridge (Nottingham), but Gill has now gone far ahead of them.

With scoring 510 runs at Edgbaston, Shubman Gill has joined the list of select Indian captains in the world who have scored 500 or more runs in a single stadium. Before Gill, only six Indian captains were able to achieve this feat, which include the names of Sunil Gavaskar, Mohammad Azharuddin, MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli. Gill has now become the seventh member of this exclusive club.

Mohammad Azharuddin holds the record for scoring the most runs as an Indian captain on a single ground in world cricket. Azharuddin scored 954 runs in 29 innings of 32 matches at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium between 1990 and 1999, in which his highest score was 108 runs. Virat Kohli is at second place in this list, who has scored 680 runs with the highest score of 254 not out in 10 innings at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.

While captaining, MS Dhoni scored 646 runs in 12 innings at Jamtha Stadium in Nagpur and 645 runs in 21 innings at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur (Dhaka). Rohit Sharma has added 630 runs in 14 innings at Dubai International Stadium. Azharuddin has scored 627 runs at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Sourav Ganguly has scored 565 runs at Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka, Sunil Gavaskar has scored 554 runs at Wankhede, Mumbai and Virat Kohli has scored 515 runs at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Gill now stands in line with these greats at Edgbaston with 510 runs.

Shubman Gill played his first Test match as captain at the Edgbaston ground in July 2025, where he scored a huge score of 269 runs in the first innings and 161 runs in the second innings. However, the world record for scoring the most runs as a captain on a single ground is in the name of former Australian legend Allan Border, who scored 1,670 runs in 48 innings of 48 matches at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). The form Gill is in, he can go higher in this list in future.