Indian batters with most runs in single Test series

Indian batters have made a name for themselves in scoring by leaps and bounds where it comes to all three formats of the game. But their prowess in the sport knows no limits where it comes to the longest format of the sport, the red ball cricket, vastly recognised as the most difficult-to-master form of the game. But then who have been the stars and the legends with serious run-making proclivity to an extent that their names now stands on the list of Indian batters with most runs in a single Test series?

A simple clue- a prime name on this particular list is a man widely respected for being the original "Little Master" and the other is widely known as the "Prince of Cricket". Without any further ado, now let's look at an emphatic list that truly deserves all the love and adulation:

Indian batters with most runs in single Test series

Sunil Gavaskar

Back in those days where there was no such thing as a powerplay, or an impact sub or things like that, there was Sunil Gavaskar, the man with the midhas touch for India and the man who created real impact out in the middle. In a four-match series against West Indies, in West Indies, Sunny regaled fans and came on top of the bowlers, arduous and nightmarish to the core, to club 774 runs in the Caribbean in 1970-71.

You and I can merely give easy opinions on the game and wax lyrical all day but to fight hard core fast bowlers, determined and tireless to the core, it took a lion-sized effort from one little man to brandish his genius all around the world.

That great man, Sunny, still makes everyone proud and it's a real pleasure to see him commentate tirelessly on the game he ruled with immense might and sheer class.

During 1978-79 in West Indies, Gavaskar hit 732 runs from nine innings and six Test matches and astounded the world when he locked horns with the English to much success. His highest score that time around was 205, and he hit four Test centuries, thereby standing tall once again on the list of Indian batters with most runs in a single Test series. He scored nearly 70 boundaries, as far as stats stand, on that tour and was simply, in a league of his own.

Shubman Gill

Cometh the hour, cometh the man, they say and in Shubman Gill's case with his team buried under immense pressure at Old Trafford's Manchester, this really came true with the captain responding back to immense pressure with a high class, dogged and timely century. In leading the response from the front with the bat in hand, Gill not just fired his fourth Test Century in the ongoing series, but also now leads the charge over Jaiswal and Kohli in terms of Indian batters with most runs in a single Test series. 

With 722 runs to his name with a Test remaining, including 430 in the space of a single Test match, as seen earlier at Edgbaston, Gill has ensured that the coming days for Indian cricket team are lit with gold given his dominance with the bat. 

Yashasvi Jaiswal

A couple of cricketing summers ago, new Indian batter on the horizon but a vastly talented one, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored no fewer than 712 runs in a single Test series against England at home in India. This made him among the Indian batters with most runs in a single Test series, and Jaswal had back then struck two double hundreds and three fifties. His highest score was an unbeaten double century.

Already, in his young but developing career, Jaiswal has hit hundreds against the West Indies, Australia and even England as shared above.

Virat Kohli

An injury to then captain of the Test side, MS Dhoni meant that Virat Kohli would be made the captain and that too, away from the home comfort and on the daunting shores of Australia in the first Test.

But that didn't mean that the man with a proclivity to outlast challenges and come out on top with the bat would succumb to pressure.

Back in 2014, Virat Kohli was responsible for sensational numbers - 692 runs from eight innings, including four centuries - that saw him stand tall on the list of Indian baters with most runs in a single Test series.

Back in those days, Kohli was at his peak and even dangerous customers with the red ball, such as Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Johnson couldn't usurp him or put him under pressure.

FAQs

Which current India batter holds the record for most Test runs in a single series?

Sunil Gavaskar holds the record for most runs in a single Test series for India with 774 runs against West Indies in 1970-71.

What is Virat Kohli's highest aggregate of Test runs in a single series?

In the 2014-15 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Virat Kohli scored 692 runs from four Test matches.