India, Oct. 25 -- Shubman Gill may be the captain of the Indian cricket team, but he could really do with inputs from former skippers Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Gill hasn't had the best of luck - neither bat nor toss. He's won just one toss in 10 matches since taking over as India's Test captain in June, and with the bat, he has yet to score a fifty in white-ball format since the IPL. To make things worse, India has already lost the ODI series to Australia in Gill's maiden series as captain, with the team playing for a consolation win in the dead-rubber at the SCG on Saturday.

Gill was on the money today, first ringing in two changes - Prasidh Krishna and Kuldeep Yadav - to tick all the right boxes. Australia was off the blocks quickl...