India, June 25 -- This is a Test Shubman Gill will remember for a long, long time. Paradoxically, this is also a game he would like to forget in a hurry.

The right-hander from Punjab faced the proverbial baptism by fire in his first outing as India's newest Test captain. There was plenty to savour, including a hundred in his maiden stint in his new avatar. But there was also bitter disappointment as his side frittered numerous advantageous positions and contrived to lose a match that, with greater application and determination, they should have won comfortably.

Captaining any side, at any level, comes with its unique set of challenges; nothing beats captaining one's country - one doesn't have to discharge that responsibility to believe ...