IND Vs ENG: Gill’s side to score hundreds in three successive Tests against rival

Birmingham: Having scored a century in the final Test of the 2024 series between the sides, current captain Shubman Gill became just the fourth Indian to score centuries in three successive Tests against England during his 269 at Edgbaston concluded Thursday.

Rahul Dravid achieved the feat twice during his brilliant career.

Below AFP Sport looks at the full list (number of hundreds, player, start date, end date, scores):

3 Mohammad Azharuddin  31/12/1984 31/01/1985 110, 105, 122

3 Dilip Vengsarkar     31/01/1985 19/06/1986 137, 126 no, 102 no

3 Rahul Dravid         08/08/2002 05/09/2002 115, 146, 217

3 Rahul Dravid         19/12/2008 29/07/2011 136, 103 no, 117

3 Shubman Gill         07/03/2024 02/07/2025 110, 147, 269

Note: no = not out

How it went for Indian team?

India captain Shubman Gill posted his highest Test score of 168 not out as he continued to lead from the front against England at Edgbaston on Thursday.

India were 419-6 at lunch on the second day of the second Test, with Gill and Ravindra Jadeja (89) sharing a sixth-wicket stand of 203.

For the second match in a row the 25-year-old Gill had bettered his Test-best score after making 147 in last week’s five-wicket loss at Headingley, where England went 1-0 up in a five-match series.

India scored 109 runs in the session’s 25 overs and almost got through without losing a wicket.

But 10 minutes before the interval, Jadeja fell in sight of a fifth Test hundred when he gloved a short ball from fast bowler Josh Tongue to wicketkeeper Jamie Smith. The all-rounder faced 137 balls, striking 10 fours and a six.

“Shubman Gill and Jadeja had the perfect partnership but, at this stage, I still feel the game is very well-balanced,” former India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara told the BBC.

He added: “There’s a lot of responsibility on Gill and Washington Sundar to build after lunch. You can’t go for 450 on this pitch, if you have the opportunity to get 500 you have to take it.”

India, again sent into bat by England captain Ben Stokes, resumed on 310-5.

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Gill was 114 not out after becoming just the seventh player to score a century in each of his first two (or more) Tests as captain.

It was also, statistically at least, the most secure Test hundred on record in England since analysts Cricviz began recording such statistics in 2006.