India, July 3 -- Shubman Gill did what no other Asian captain could ever do in a Test match in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia) countries. Coming in to bat at No.4 after England captain Ben Stokes sent India in, Shubman Gill became the first Asian captain to score a double century in SENA counties. No other Asian captain has a double hundred in SENA countries. Gill broke former Sri Lanka opener Tilakaratne Dilshan's record for the highest score by an Asian captain in SENA countries. Dilshan had scored 193 against England at Lord's in 2011.

The likes of Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma didn't even come close. It was also Gill's maiden double hundred in Test cricket. The ...