India, July 17 -- Shubman Gill has had a strong start to life as Indian Test captain in his first three matches, but still comes out trailing the series 2-1 to England thus far after a heartbreakingly narrow loss at Lord's. While Gill has impressed both with his captaincy and his batting thus far this series, moments such as his confrontation with Zak Crawley have led to some question marks regarding his early tenure.

Nevertheless, India's new captain got the sign-off from one of cricket's captaincy greats, as former English skipper David Gower heaped praise on how he is leading from the front - and how he is taking notes from Ben Stokes, considered one of the great leaders of the modern game.

"Building a team depends on so many things....