# Shubman Gill to lead India in 600th Test on Independence Day 2026-08-14T15:18:17+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets India will play their 600th Test match on Saturday in Galle against Sri Lanka, becoming only the third team after England (over 1000 Tests) and Australia to reach the mark. Shubman Gill will captain the side on the country's 80th Independence Day. India made their Test debut in 1932 and have 186 wins and 188 losses so far. Their first win came against England in Chennai in 1952, and they later registered their maiden series win against Pakistan that year. India's first overseas series win was against New Zealand in 1968. Fifty years later, Virat Kohli's team became the first Asian side to win a Test series in Australia, a feat Ajinkya Rahane's side repeated in 2020-21. Sachin Tendulkar is India's leading Test run-scorer with 15,921 runs and 51 centuries, while Anil Kumble has taken the most wickets with 619. The two-Test series begins on Saturday, August 15. ## Coverage - sports.ndtv.com - timesnownews.com - sports.ndtv.com Tags: 600th Test, India cricket team, Shubman Gill, Sri Lanka cricket team Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/shubman-gill-to-lead-india-in-600th-test-on-independence-day/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/shubman-gill-to-lead-india-in-600th-test-on-independence-day/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.