India, July 5 -- Captaincy is pressure. It is but maybe not for Shubman Gill. Taking over the No.4 spot, following the footsteps of Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli, is daunting. It surely is but again, maybe not for Shubman Gill. At least the early indication doesn't suggest that. Shubman Gill can do no wrong, it seems. Ever since he replaced Rohit Sharma as India's Test captain, Gill has been unstoppable. 147 in Headingley, then 269 in the first innings of the second Test at Edgbaston and backing that up with another century in the second innings -- Gill has taken to captaincy and batting at No.4 as a duck to the water.

Now, to think that he was not the first-choice as India's Test captain-it was fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, the designa...