Chandigarh, June 6 -- Shubman Gill reached the milestone of 1,000 Test runs as skipper, becoming the 11th player to do so for India during the One-off Test against Afghanistan at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium on Saturday.

Gill achieved the landmark in just his 15th innings (Test), making him the second-fastest Indian captain to reach the mark, behind Sunil Gavaskar, who did it in 14 innings. The right-handed batter also achieved it in the shortest span of 351 days, the least number of days by an Indian captain to reach 1,000 runs in the longest format.

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