Updated On: 01 August, 2025 11:19 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Facing 35 balls, Shubman Gill scored 21 runs, with the help of four boundaries. Despite a decent outing, Gill had enough runs under his belt to surpass the record of legendary Sunil Gavaskar for the most runs by an Indian captain in a Test series

Ryan ten Doeschate. Pic/BCCI
On Day 1 of the fifth Test match against England, Team India skipper Shubman Gill lost his wicket in a miscommunication with the non-striker.
Despite losing his wicket, India`s assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate backed him by saying Gill made the batting look easy.
"I`m assuming not as frustrating as it is for him. He`s in the touch of his life. Again, today he made batting look really easy for the 40 minutes or whatever he was out there. But you know, these mistakes do happen. England actually bowled nicely in that little spell. And one of the things we did speak about in the breaks is how well we were accumulating because it didn`t look easy to hit boundaries there," Doeschate told reporters.