India captain Shubman Gill is on the brink of several significant milestones in the first Test against Sri Lanka. He is just 31 runs shy of reaching the 3,000-run mark in Test cricket. Additionally, if he scores 50 runs in this match, Gill will make history as the first Indian captain to accumulate 1,000 runs in a single World Test Championship cycle. Currently, his total for the 2025-27 WTC cycle stands at 950 runs.
“It’s a very big honour and privilege. Any Test match that you captain for your country is a huge deal. “I am very comfortable with the role. I think the way we’ve been progressing in the past year has been very pleasing to see from my perspective.
Earlier, Virat Kohli had come closest to achieving this feat, scoring 944 runs in the 2019-21 WTC cycle. Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma have all aggregated 1,000 runs in a single WTC cycle in the past, they were not full-time captains when doing so While Yashasvi Jaiswal . Gill also has the chance to become the first Indian batter to slam a combined 3,000 runs in WTC history. He is 157 runs away from that feat. The 26-year-old said he has become comfortable in the leadership role and believes India has made progress in the right direction during his first year as captain.
Gill, who took over as India’s Test captain last year, interacted with the media on the eve of the Test match and said the opportunity to lead India in such a significant match made the occasion even more special. Obviously, leading my country in our 600th Test match is a big honour and privilege for me, and doing that on Independence Day is even more special for us,” Gill said at the pre-match press conference. I think we are taking all the right steps in the right direction,” he said.
