ENG vs IND 2025: ‘Well played star boy’ – Virat Kohli congratulates Shubman Gill after record show at Edgbaston

Virat Kohli congratulated India Test skipper Shubman Gill after his outstanding knocks in the ongoing Test of the five-match series between England and India. Gill etched his name into cricketing folklore with knocks of 269 and 161 at Edgbaston.

Kohli’s Instagram story featured an image of Gill celebrating his double-ton. “Well played star boy. Rewriting history. Onwards and upwards from here. You deserve all of this,” Kohli wrote.

Notably, Gill was under the scrutiny coming into the current series due to his lackluster red-ball performances in the past. However, the youngster has shut his critics with record-breaking innings in the first two Tests.

Gill broke several records and entered a whole lot of distinguished elite lists after his knocks at Edgbaston. The 25-year-old has been receiving praise from the cricket community all around the globe. 

Gill’s 430-run aggregate comprised a total of 43 fours and 11 sixes as he scored over 55% of his runs in boundaries. Gill also became only the second batter in the history of the format to register 150-plus scores in both innings of a Test after Allan Border (150* & 153) against Pakistan in Lahore in 1980.

Gill also broke into an elite list of cricketers involved in four 100-plus stands in a single Test. There were a whole lot of feats which he eclipsed as far as Indian cricket was concerned. All in all, it has been a remarkable day for the newly-instated Test skipper.