India, July 3 -- Shubman Gill was new to captaincy. Shubman Gill was newer to the No.4 spot in Test cricket. He took both the challenges head-on. While the jury is still out about his captaincy skills, Shubman Gill put an end to all the doubters of his batting skills, especially in overseas conditions. After hitting a 147 in the first Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in Headingley, Gill backed it up with an even better, more patient and mature hundred at Edgbaston in Birmingham.

In the process, Shubman Gill joined the likes of Vijay Hazare, Sunil Gavaskar, Mohammed Azharuddin, and Virat Kohli to achieve the rare feat of scoring a Test hundred on his first two Tests as the Indian captain. He did this while batting at No.4, a position...