India, Aug. 4 -- Shubman Gill is on cloud nine. And why wouldn't he be? The guy, all of 25 years old, was ridiculed, taunted and whatnot after being appointed India's Test captain in May. He did not have an overseas Test record to be proud of, and with no Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, it was almost as if India had been blanked 0-4 even before the start of the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy. However, here we are, 45 days after the start of the series, with Gill standing tall with a 2-2 draw against England. Yes, the trophy might have been shared, but don't even for a solitary second think that this is anything less than a win.

Gill led from the front, scoring 754 runs at an incredible average of 75-plus and four centuries. Called out for his b...