Birmingham/IBNS, July 7 -- Indian cricket captain Shubman Gill led from the front with his bat as the team clinched their first win ever at Edgbaston in Birmingham overpowering England by 336 runs on Sunday.

Gill, who was declared the Player of the Match, scored a double hundred in the first innings and followed it with a big hundred in the second to virtually drive the hosts out of the game.

Gill slammed 269 in the first innings as India piled a mammoth 587. England responded with 407.

Bagging a healthy lead, India repeated their brilliance with bat in the second innings where they scored 427-6 declared. Gill top scored for the side with 161 off 162 balls even in the second innings.

The newly-appointed skipper, however, reminded his ...