Shubman Gill has a big chance. (Photo- PTI)
The two-Test series between India and South Africa is going to start from 14th November. Team India will be eyeing a 2-0 win in this series and making its place in the top-2 in the points table of the World Test Championship. At the same time, the team’s young captain Shubhman Gill will also have a big opportunity in this series. His eyes will be on making his place in an exclusive club of Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar. For which he needs only 272 runs.
Shubman Gill has a big chance
This year has been quite memorable so far for Shubhman Gill. Gill’s eyes are now also set on completing 2000 international runs in the year 2025. For this he needs only 272 runs. The most important thing is that Gill has not been out on zero even once this entire year. If he plays without a duck in both the Tests against South Africa and reaches the 2000-run mark, he will become the fourth batsman in the history of Indian cricket to score 2000 international runs in a calendar year without getting out on a duck.
In the history of Indian cricket, this feat has been achieved so far only by Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. In the year 2016, Virat Kohli had scored 2595 runs without being out on 0, which is also the record of most international runs by any Indian in a year without being out on 0. At the same time, in the year 1998, Sachin Tendulkar had scored 2541 runs without getting out on 0. Apart from these, Rahul Dravid had scored 2270 runs in the year 2002 without getting out on 0.
Gill’s bat swinging fiercely
Shubman Gill has scored the most runs in Tests in 2025. He has scored 979 runs in 15 innings of 8 Test matches at an average of 69.92, which includes 5 centuries and 1 half-century. His biggest innings during this period is 269 runs. At the same time, in ODI, he has scored 490 runs in 11 matches at an average of 49.00, which includes 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries. In T20 also, he has scored 259 runs while playing 12 innings, but this does not include even a single 50-run inning.