Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill etched his name in the history books by becoming the first Indian captain to win a Test match against England at Edgbaston in Birmingham to level the five-match series 1-1 on Sunday.

In only his second Test as India captain, Gill led from the front to guide India to a historic Test win at Edgbaston, at a venue where India never won a Test in their previous eight attempts. India thrashed England by 336 runs to record their biggest ever away Test victory in terms of runs.

With the massive win, Gill also became the first captain from Asia (India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Afghanistan) to win a Test in Birmingham.

At 25 years and 301 days, Gill became the youngest-ever India captain to win an away Test match. India batting great Sunil Gavaskar held the previous record when he guided them to an overseas Test win against New Zealand in Auckland in 1976 at 26 years and 202 days.

Gill also became the fourth-youngest India captain to secure a Test win. Legendary Sachin Tendulkar was the youngest Indian captain to win a Test match, achieving the feat against Australia in 1996 at the age of 23 years and 174 days.

MAK Pataudi (23 years and 283 days) and Ravi Shastri (25 years and 234 days) are the other two Indian captains on the list.

As a batter, Gill shattered multiple records during the second Test of the newly rechristened Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. The 25-year-old continued his magnificent form as he slammed 269 in the first innings, and followed it up with 161 in the second.

With 430 runs in two innings, Gill recorded the second-highest aggregate in a Test match, just behind Graham Gooch's 456 against India in 1990.

Additionally, the Titans superstar scripted history as he became the first batter to register a 250-plus and a 150-plus scores in the same Test match.

Gill is now the second batter to record two 150-plus scores in a Test match. Former Australia cricketer Allan Border was the first to achieve the feat after he scored 150* and 153 against Pakistan in Lahore in 1980.

Furthermore, Gill became the ninth batter to slam a century and double hundred in a Test match. He is the second Indian to accomplish the milestone after Gavaskar.

Having already accumulated 585 runs in two matches, Gill has surpassed Virat Kohli’s record to become the highest run-scorer in a debut Test series as India captain. Kohli began his Test captaincy tenure with 449 runs in four innings during India’s tour of Australia in 2014-15.

Gill also now has the second-highest aggregate runs in the first two Tests of the tour of England, behind South Africa’s Graeme Smith's 621 in England in 2003.

Talking about the match, India rode on Gill’s 269 to post a mammoth 587 in their first innings.

Later, Titans’ star pacer Mohammed Siraj bagged a six-wicket haul (6/70) to bowl England out for 407 to secure a massive 180-run lead in the first innings.

The visitors consolidated their lead as India declared at 427/6 after Gill’s 161 in the second innings to set up a record target of 608.

With 1,014 runs in two innings, India recorded their highest aggregate in a Test match, eclipsing their previous best of 916 against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in 2004. Gill and his men registered the fourth-highest Test aggregate, and became the fifth team to score more than 1,000 runs in a Test. It marked only the sixth time a team has reached the 1000-run milestone in cricket’s longest format.

Defending a gargantuan target, Akash Deep’s 6/99 helped India bundle England out for 271 on Day 5 to record a historic Test win at Edgbaston. Akash Deep finished with figures of 10/187 in the match.

Siraj was India’s other wrecker-in-chief with seven wickets in the Birmingham Test.

Following his generational performance at Edgbaston, captain Gill was named the Player of the Match.

With the series levelled 1-1, the Shubman Gill-led India will aim to continue their winning momentum against England in the third Test of the five-match series at the iconic Lord’s in London starting on July 10.