India, July 4 -- Shubman Gill made his parents proud with a stellar 269-run knock in the second Test as captain. The 25-year-old Shubman Gill emphatically asserted his authority over the English bowlers, achieving a historic feat with back-to-back triple-digit scores in his new role as captain. Gill swiftly silenced his doubters, marking a significant stride towards filling the formidable shoes of Virat Kohli at number four.

With the 269-run knock, he achieved what the likes of Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar failed to achieve - scoring a double ton on English soil. Gill's innings surpassed the recently retired Kohli's 254 against South Africa at Pune in 2019 as the highest score by an India Test captain, and replaced Tendulkar's 241 ag...