India, July 4 -- Former England captain Michael Atherton took a cheeky dig at Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli after Shubman Gill became the first Indian captain to hit a double century in England. Gill, only in his second Test as captain, broke multiple records on his way to a marathon 269-run knock - the highest by an Indian on English soil and also the highest by an Indian captain anywhere in Test cricket. This came after Gill, on Day 1 of the second Test, joined an elite list of Indian captains to hit consecutive centuries in the first two matches of his leadership journey. On his captaincy debut, Gill hit 147 in Headingley.

While raving about Gill's masterclass of an innings, which is also the first instance of an Asian captain hitt...