London, July 11 -- Shubman Gill, who has developed an appetite for breaking milestones, continued with the trend and added another feather to his cap by shattering batting mainstay Virat Kohli's record for most runs by an Indian captain in a Test series in England.

On the second day of the third Test at the 'Home of Cricket', Lord's, the Indian Test skipper, Gill, failed to replicate his century-scoring success but managed enough to breeze past Virat's tally. The former captain pummelled 593 runs in India's tour of England in 2016 in five matches at 59.30, laced with two centuries and three fifties.

Gill, who took over Virat's number four spot, needed just five innings in the ongoing tour to dethrone Virat from the top. He mustered up 1...