India, July 6 -- Shubman Gill's new-age India capped off a dominant Test display by scripting a piece of history, hammering England by 336 runs to register their first-ever win at Edgbaston in 10 attempts, and first at the venue since 1967. In a week of bold batting and relentless discipline, India not only levelled the series 1-1 but did so in a fashion their legendary predecessors never quite managed on English soil.

At the heart of this landmark win was Gill himself. In just his second Test as captain, the 25-year-old stood taller than ever, becoming the first India skipper to score a double century in England and only the second to register twin centuries in a Test after Sunil Gavaskar. Gill's 269 in the first innings was an exhibiti...