Delhi: The Indian cricket team is all set to play a two-match Test series against South Africa. This series will start from November 14, the first match of which will be played at the historic Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata. The special thing is that Test cricket is returning to Kolkata after six years, due to which there is a lot of enthusiasm among the spectators.

Expectation of victory under the captaincy of Shubman Gill

Team India would like to start this series with a win. This time the command of the team is in the hands of Shubman Gill, who is looking in great form at the moment. All eyes will be on Gill’s performance in the Kolkata Test, because he is close to making many big records in his name.

Opportunity to break Gavaskar’s record

Gill was given the captaincy of the Indian Test team before the England tour. Since then, he has scored 946 runs in 13 innings of 7 Test matches at an average of 78.83. As captain, he needs only 54 more runs to complete 1000 test runs. If he crosses this figure against South Africa, he will become the fastest Indian captain to score 1000 runs in Tests. At present, this record is in the name of Sunil Gavaskar, who had completed 1000 runs in 15 innings as captain.

On the verge of breaking Kohli’s record

Shubhman Gill has so far scored five centuries as captain. On the England tour, he scored four centuries in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, while on October 11, 2025, he scored another century against West Indies in the Delhi Test. If he scores another century in the Kolkata Test, he will become the Indian captain with the most Test centuries in a calendar year.

Indian captain who has scored most test centuries in a calendar year

Virat Kohli – 5 centuries (2017)
Virat Kohli – 5 centuries (2018)
Shubman Gill – 5 centuries (2025)
Virat Kohli – 4 centuries (2016)
Sachin Tendulkar – 4 centuries (1997)

Gill now has a chance to not only lead the team to victory on his home ground but also to register his name in golden letters in the history of Indian cricket.