India, June 25 -- Rishabh Pant became only the second wicketkeeper batter ever and the first from India to score twin centuries in a Test match, when he pummelled 134 and 118 against England at the Headingley Stadium in Leeds. His captain, Shubman Gill, marked his Test debut with a century himself, hitting a career-best 147, but all that was reduced to merely an afterthought, as despite five individual centuries, India fell short. Chasing 371 to win, England batted outstandingly to get to the target with five wickets remaining and take a 1-0 lead.

The disappointment was palpable. Not often does a team score almost 800 runs in a Test match and yet end up on the losing side. Spare a thought for Gill, Pant, KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal - t...