Shubman Gill scripts history, breaks 19-year-old Asian record with half-century in Manchester Test

New Delhi: Team India skipper Shubman Gill created history as he broke former Pakistan batter Mohammad Yousuf’s record for the most runs scored by an Asian batter in a Test series in England. Gill slammed a gritty half-century in India’s second innings on Day 4 of the ongoing 4th Test against England at Old Trafford in Manchester on Saturday.

It was Gill’s 8th half-century in Test cricket and helped India recover after a disastrous start as the visitors lost two wickets on successive deliveries in the very first over to get reduced to 0/2 in pursuit of England’s first-innings lead of 311 runs. Gill needed only 13 runs ahead of India’s second innings to surpass Yousuf.

Yousuf notched up 631 runs in four matches during Pakistan’s tour of England in 2006 to set the record for most runs scored by an Asian batter in a Test series on English soil. Gill broke his 19-year-old record en route to his fifty on Saturday. The Indian skipper has so far amassed over 680 runs in the Test series and continues to go strong as he aims to become the first Indian and Asian to score 700 runs in England.

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