India, July 8 -- Shubman Gill couldn't have asked for a better start to life as Indian captain, particularly with the bat in his hand. After a century in the first Test of his career as skipper in Leeds, Gill had the kind of match that comes to define legacies: 269 in the first innings, followed by 161 in the second at Edgbaston, a player-of-the-match performance to help India level the series in England.

Gill's entire performance in Birmingham was so authoritative and in control that it reminded Dinesh Karthik of a former India captain and made him think Gill was going to step into those captaincy boots like a duck takes to water.

Speaking on Sky Cricket's podcast, Karthik narrated how he saw flashes of Virat Kohli in how Gill carried ...