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Most runs scored in a Test match by a batsman

India's captain Shubman Gill reacts as he walks back to the pavilion having lost his Test match wicket against England for 161 runs. (AFP)

5 July 2025 23:30

BIRMINGHAM, UK (AFP)

India captain Shubman Gill joined a select group of just four other cricketers to have scored more than 400 runs in a Test on Saturday.

By making a brilliant 161 in the ongoing second Test against England at Edgbaston, the 25-year-old Gill took his tally for the match to 430 runs following a commanding 269 in India's first innings.

Only England great Graham Gooch, with 456 runs against India at Lord's in 1990, has scored more runs in a single Test than Gill.

Batsmen with more than 400 runs in a single Test match|:
Below AFP Sport looks at the five batsmen in this exclusive club (total runs in Test, player, country, innings scores, opposition, venue, year):
456 runs by England batsman Graham Gooch against India at Lord's, 1990
430 runs by Indian batsman Shubman Gill against England at Edgbaston, 2025
426 runs by Australian batsman Mark Taylor against Pakistan at Peshawar, 1998
424 runs by Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara against Bangladesh at Chattogram, 2014
400 runs by West Indies batsman Brian Lara against England at St John's, 2004