New Delhi, July 3 -- Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh hailed Shubman Gill's unbeaten knock against England in the ongoing second Test after the visiting captain registered his maiden double hundred in the longest format of the game on Thursday on the second day at Edgbaston. The right-hander became the first Asian captain to score a double hundred in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) countries.

Starting on an overnight score of 114 not out, Gill remained rock solid at one end and forged two crucial partnerships with Ravindra Jadeja (203 runs in 279 balls) and Washington Sundar (137 at the time of publishing this piece) to take the Indian team past the 500-run mark.

Yuvraj, who has mentored Gill, wasted no time to...