India, July 3 -- Shubman Gill is a gentle person. He speaks softly, he is respectful of those around him, and even when he is scoring runs freely and quickly, he treats the ball with respect. He doesn't smash the cover of it, not when he stands tall and pulls in front of mid-wicket or punches it square on the off-side with short-arm jabs, and not even when he dances down the track and deposits it over the straight-field boundary.

It was, therefore, somewhat surprising to hear the primal roar that escaped his throat when he reached three-figures at Edgbaston on Wednesday. It wasn't Gill's first Test hundred - he now has seven. It wasn't even his first ton of the series - after all, just under a fortnight back, he made 147, his highest Tes...