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Shubman Gill added another milestone to his growing Test career on Sunday, becoming the fourth-youngest Indian to reach 3,000 runs in the longest format.The India captain achieved the landmark on the opening day of the second Test against Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo. Gill needed just seven runs coming into the match and completed the milestone in the 23rd over when an outside edge off Keshara Nuwantha raced to the boundary.At 26 years and 349 days, Gill moved ahead of former India captain Kapil Dev, who was 26 years and 356 days old when he reached 3,000 Test runs.Youngest to 3000 Test runs for India23y 228d – Sachin Tendulkar26y 157d – Virender Sehwag26d 263d – Dilip Vengsarkar26y 349d – Shubman Gill26y 356d – Kapil DevGill now joins an elite list led by Sachin Tendulkar, who reached the mark at just 23 years and 228 days. Virender Sehwag achieved the feat at 26 years and 157 days, while Dilip Vengsarkar did so at 26 years and 263 days.Gill had fallen seven runs short of the milestone in the first Test at Galle but needed little time to complete it in Colombo.The landmark came after a cautious start. Gill opened his account with a whip off Prabath Jayasuriya on his 13th delivery before bringing up 3,000 runs with his next boundary.His milestone came after Sri Lanka had made early inroads into India’s batting. KL Rahul was dismissed for 18, nicking Lahiru Kumara behind, while Yashasvi Jaiswal departed for 45 after Asitha Fernando breached his defence.India went into lunch at 88/2 after 25 overs, with Gill unbeaten on 11 and Devdutt Padikkal on 13.
