India, July 12 -- Shubman Gill is usually calm. But what was witnessed in the closing stages of Day 3 of the Lord's Test between India and England was anything but it. In the first session on Saturday, when India began to score freely, prompting Sanjay Manjrekar to call England's performance 'disappointing', no one could have guessed what the final stages of play was about to throw. He felt a lack of excitement. No drama.

Perhaps Gill, who was moving around in the dressing room, felt the same. During the entirety of the Indian innings, he was very busy. From walking around near the Lord's Balcony restlessly to having a chat with Rishabh Pant or coach Gautam Gambhir, one could sense that Gill had a plan, a part of which he unleashed on En...