India, June 26 -- That India were heading into uncertain territories after the retirement of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli was a given, considering the appointment of Shubman Gill as the new Test captain. Two years of IPL leadership with the Gujarat Titans is all that Gill had in his CV, but the selectors and the Indian team management, headed by coach Gautam Gambhir, saw Gill as the future and took the bait. They had very few options to be honest, as Jasprit Bumrah had denied captaincy, citing workload. An overseas assignment on captaincy debut, that too in England, was never going to be easy.

Shubman Gill, the batter, took on the challenge like a duck to water, registering his maiden Test century in the SENA countries in the first Test ...