In the 5 match T20 cricket series between India and Zimbabwe, India has taken a 2-1 lead in the series by winning the third match. Team India will have to win 1 of the next 2 matches to win the series. The team, which played the series with Zimbabwe under the leadership of young captain Shubhman Gill, had to face a humiliating defeat in the first match. But the team made a strong comeback and took the lead in the series by winning the next two matches. Meanwhile, Shubhman Gill has achieved a special achievement.
What did Gill achieve?
Indian team captain Shubman Gill played an innings of 66 runs in the third match against Zimbabwe. With this innings, Shubman Gill has achieved a special achievement. Shubman Gill has become the 5th captain of the Indian team to score the most runs on foreign soil in T20 cricket. Earlier, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina have achieved this feat.
Suryakumar Yadav
Suryakumar Yadav holds the record for scoring the most runs as the captain of the Indian team in T20 matches on foreign soil. Suryakumar led the team on the South Africa tour in December last year. In this tour, he played an innings of 100 runs as captain. Suryakumar Yadav has captained India in only 2 matches in T20 cricket.
Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma captained the Indian team in the T20 World Cup 2024 and played an important role in making the team champion. Rohit Sharma played a brilliant innings of 92 runs in 41 balls against Australia in the last match of the Super-8 group in this World Cup. With this innings, he became the captain to score the second-highest score on foreign soil as a captain in T20 cricket.
Virat Kohli
As a captain, Virat Kohli has scored the most runs in an innings on foreign soil, 85. Virat Kohli scored these runs against Australia in 2021. The Indian team had to face defeat in this match.
Suresh Raina
In 2010, a T20 series was played between India and Zimbabwe. Suresh Raina led the Indian team in this series. Raina played an innings of 72 runs as captain in Zimbabwe.
Shubhman Gill
Shubman Gill has scored 66 runs as captain in the 5-match T20 cricket series being played between India and Zimbabwe. Shubman has become the 5th Indian player to score the most runs on foreign soil as a captain.