Gill's first outing as India's Test skipper got tougher
India are staring at the barrel in the fourth Test in Manchester after losing Yashaswi Jaiswal and Sai Sudharsan for ducks in the first over of their second innings without a single run on the board.
Before those few moments of madness, Indian bowlers experienced a nightmarish two days as England ground them into dust with a first innings total of 669 all out.
MAL
55/0
HKG
52/4
WI
–
AUS
–
RWA
157/5
ML
158/1
Malawi beat Rwanda by 9 wickets
TBC
–
TBC
–
ROM
178/6
LUX
133/10
Romania won by 45 runs
HUN
168/9
AUST
169/6
Austria beat Hungary by 4 wickets
AUST
245/7
LUX
179/5
Austria beat Luxembourg by 66 runs
TBC
–
TBC
–
TBC
–
TBC
–
ALZ
88/10
JIHCC
163/4
Jinnah CC Stockholm beat Alby Zalmi by 75 runs
RPH
123/6
MAR
150/4
Marsta CC beat Rising Phoenix by 27 runs
JIHCC
153/9
ALZ
168/4
Alby Zalmi CC beat Jinnah CC by 15 runs
RPH
166/4
JIHCC
78/10
Rising Phoenix beat Jinnah CC by 88 runs
ALZ
100/5
RPH
99/7
Alby Zalmi CC beat Rising Phoenix by 5 wickets
RPH
–
JIHCC
–
HDN
–
ALZ
–
TBC
–
TBC
–
TBC
–
TBC
–
BOT-W
143/6
MWW-W
78/10
Botswana Women beat Malawi Women by 65 runs
EWW-W
40/10
LSN-W
88/9
Lesotho Women beat Eswatini Women by 48 runs
RWA-W
135/7
SLO-W
84/10
Rwanda Women beat Sierra Leone Women by 51 runs
CW-W
88/8
MZW-W
87/8
Cameroon Women beat Mozambique Women by 2 wickets
GUJCC
218/6
SUL
83/7
Gujrat Cricket Club beat Super Lanka by 135 runs
CHK
–
TCC
–
FRC
122/4
KLG
108/6
Fatemi Resources Cricket Club beat KL Gladiators by 14 runs
JBK
80/4
SWCL
106/5
Sky Warriors Cricket Club beat JB Kings by 26 runs
UTC
78/4
MXC
80/2
Maxx Cricket Club beat Utkal Cricket Club by 8 wickets
MKP
75/4
MBMS
73/10
MR KB Putrajaya beat MB Malik Sports UMZ by 6 wickets
FRC
–
MXC
–
JBK
–
MBMS
–
UTC
–
KLG
–
MKP
–
SWCL
–
UAE
141/5
NIG
88/10
United Arab Emirates beat Nigeria by 53 runs
KNY
126/6
NBA
123/2
Kenya beat Namibia A by 3 runs
KNY
–
NIG
–
UAE
–
UGA
–
VMK
–
MMS
–
MAK
154/9
BDS
155/4
Boost Defenders beat Mis Ainak Knights by 6 wickets
ASS
174/4
SGT
173/6
Amo Sharks beat Speen Ghar Tigers by 6 wickets
WIU19-W
67/5
USAU19-W
66/9
West Indies Women U19 beat United States Of America Women U19 by 5 wickets
WIU19-W
–
USAU19-W
–
TBLZ-W
–
BRB-W
–
TBC
–
TBC
–
Match Cancelled
SUR-W
–
TBC
–
IAC
203/4
AAC
207/6
Australia Champions beat India Champions by 4 wickets
PNC
200/4
WIC
151/7
Pakistan Champions beat West Indies Champions by 49 runs
SAC
–
AAC
–
IAC
–
EDC
–
NZ
180/5
SA
177/6
New Zealand beat South Africa by 3 runs
IRE-W
288/9
ZIM-W
191/10
Ireland Women won by 97 runs
England skipper Ben Stokes became only the third cricketer to score 7,000 Test runs and 200-plus wickets after Jacques Kallis and Sir Garfield Sobers with his 141, while former England captain Joe Root surpassed Rahul Dravid, Kallis and Ricky Ponting in one innings with his 150 as he became the second highest run-scorer in Test cricket.
While England batters were adding splendid records to their career achievements, Indian captain Shubman Gill bagged the unwanted record of becoming the first captain in 11 years to concede a 600-plus score in an innings.
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While England bowlers wiped out India’s lower-order (last four wicket) within 15 overs, Indians toiled with both pacers and spinners struggling to get wickets. Four of their bowlers – Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar – conceded more than 100 runs as England look to seal the series with a massive win at Old Trafford.
| Captain | Total | Opposition | Venue | Year |
| Shubman Gill | 669/10 | England | Manchester | 2025 |
| MS Dhoni | 680/8 dec | New Zealand | Wellington | 2014 |
| Virender Sehwag | 604/7 dec | Australia | Adelaide | 2012 |
| MS Dhoni | 659/4 dec | Australia | Sydney | 2012 |
| MS Dhoni | 710/7 dec | England | Birmingham | 2011 |
| MS Dhoni | 620/4 dec | South Africa | Centurion | 2010 |
This is a huge stumbling block for Gill in his first outing as India’s Test captain, as he became the first Indian captain since MS Dhoni to concede a 600-plus score.
Coincidentally, England head coach Brendon McCullum was in the opposition dressing room the last time it happened. McCullum was directly responsible for New Zealand’s second innings total of 680/8 declared in Wellington as he smashed a stunning 302 in that game.
In the 21st century, this is the 15th instance that India have conceded 600-plus totals in Test cricket.
India were on the receiving end in England back in 2011 at Edgbaston when England declared after scoring a mammoth 710/7 with Alastair Cook scoring 294 and Eoin Morgan scoring 104.
Besides their failures with the bat and the ball in the match, India also risk losing Bumrah and Siraj for the final Test at the Oval.
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Malaysia won by 10 wickets