Team India captain Rohit Sharma retired from the T20 format after winning the T20 World Cup 2024 title. In such a situation, Shubman Gill was given the command of the team for the Zimbabwe series, as the senior players have been rested on this tour. Shubman Gill has done a great feat by taking advantage of this opportunity. Gill has overtaken Rohit Sharma in a special list of captains. However, he could not overtake Virat Kohli.

Captain Gill created history in his very first series

Shubman Gill has managed to win the first series for Team India as captain. Along with this, he was also successful in this series as a batsman. He scored 170 runs in 5 matches at an average of 42.50 and a strike rate of 125.92. During this, 2 half-century innings were seen from Gill's bat. He is also the highest run-scorer in this series. Due to this brilliant performance, Gill became the second captain to score the most runs in a T20 series for Team India.

left Rohit Sharma behind

Earlier, Rohit Sharma was second in terms of scoring the most runs in T20 series as a captain for Team India. Rohit had scored 162 runs as captain in the T20 series played against Sri Lanka in 2017, but Gill has now overtaken him. At the same time, Virat Kohli has scored the most runs in T20 series as a captain for Team India. He scored 231 runs in the T20 series played against England in 2021. Apart from this, he also scored 183 runs against West Indies in 2019.

Most runs in a T20 series by an Indian captain

231 runs – Virat Kohli vs England (2021)
183 runs - Virat Kohli vs West Indies (2019)
170 runs – Shubman Gill vs Zimbabwe (2024)
162 runs - Rohit Sharma vs Sri Lanka (2017)
159 runs – Rohit Sharma vs New Zealand (2021)