India, Aug. 5 -- This clearly is Shubman Gill's side. Any doubts pertaining to the 25-year-old's ability to hold his own as Test captain have been emphatically dispelled following the 2-2 draw in England in which Gill himself was adjudged India's Player of the Series by England coach Brendon McCullum.

By his own admission, there were justified question marks over his Test record outside Asia. By amassing 754 runs in his maiden outing, and that too in a land which has historically challenged batters more than any other country in the world, Gill has reiterated his propensity to thrive in, rather than be bogged down by, leadership responsibility. That an overwhelming run with the bat was backed up by his young colleagues holding Ben Stokes...