Shubman Gill’s talent and potential have drawn comparisons to legendary Indian batsmen Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli. But he is breaking the records of India’s greatest batsman ever, Sunil Gavaskar.

It seems the sky is the limit for Gill ever since he embarked on the tour of England as the new captain of the Indian Test team. His batting has reached great heights in a matter of a fortnight, as he has broken two longstanding records held by Gavaskar for over 50 years. Those records had stood the test of time as far as Indian cricket was concerned. 

After scoring 269 in the first innings of the second Test at Edgbaston, which is the highest by an Indian batter in England, he went on to add a century in the second, thus becoming only the second Indian after Gavaskar to achieve the feat. Gavaskar had made 124 and 220 in the fifth and final against West Indies in 1971, his debut series, and that was only his fourth Test. Sunny’s aggregate in that match was 344, which was the most by an Indian batsman till Gill surpassed it at Edgbaston on Saturday.