Shubman Gill 196 runs away from huge milestone:KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja can surpass 4,000-run mark, 2nd Test begins on 10 October

The second Test between India and West Indies will be played from October 10 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Team India defeated West Indies by an innings and 57 runs in the Ahmedabad Test, taking a 1-0 lead in the series. The Shubman Gill-led Indian team has a chance to record a 16th consecutive win over West Indies in the longest format. That’s not all, there could be plenty more records that may be shattered during the match in Delhi. Indian captain Shubman Gill is 196 runs away from completing 1000 runs in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 cycle. Both KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja are set to surpass the 4,000 Test runs mark. Gill will become the fourth Indian to score more than a thousand runs in a cycle. Gill has so far scored 804 runs in 6 Test matches in this cycle. Also read: Gautam Gambhir to host dinner for all Indian players: Head coach arranges special celebration
Shubman Gill can join Indian legends in the elite list Shubman Gill needs 196 runs in the second Test against West Indies to achieve the historic milestone. With this, he will become the fourth Indian batsman to score more than 1000 runs in a WTC cycle, after Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Rahane had scored 1159 runs in the first WTC cycle, Rohit 1094 runs, and Jaiswal 1798 runs in WTC 2023-2025. Chance to break Joe Root’s record Gill has another big record-breaking opportunity ahead of him. The record for scoring the most runs in a WTC cycle belongs to England’s Joe Root, who scored 1968 runs in 22 matches in WTC 2023-2025. Gill has a great chance to break this record. In this cycle, India has to play one Test against West Indies, two Tests against South Africa, two Tests each against Sri Lanka and New Zealand, and five Tests against Australia. Gill has a chance to surpass Root’s all-time WTC record if he can continue his momentum. KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja eye huge milestones During the second Test, KL Rahul can surpass the elusive 4,000 runs milestone in the purest format. He is currently at 3,889 runs, needing 111 runs to surpass the 4,000 runs mark. Ravindra Jadeja, who won the Player of the Match in the first Test, is set to join Ian Botham, Kapil Dev and Daniel Vettori in an elusive list. Also read: Sanju Samson not in India’s plans for 2027 World Cup?: Ignored for Australia ODIs, lost opening position in the T20I format
Having played 86 Test matches, Jadeja has amassed 3,990 runs in 129 innings. He needs 10 runs to cross the 4000-run mark, and once he does that, he will become only the fourth player to record more than 4000 runs and a triple century of wickets in the longest format. Mohammed Siraj can become leading wicket-taker in 2025 Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj needs two more wickets to surpass Zimbabwe’s Blessing Muzarabani to pick the most wickets in the calendar year 2025. Muzarabani has 36 wickets to his name, while Siraj currently stands at 34 wickets. India’s chance to record 16th consecutive win over West Indies A win in Delhi will help the Indian team record a 16th consecutive victory over West Indies in Test cricket. The Caribbean team last defeated India in 2002. Since then, the Indian team have never lost a match against the Windies.