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Former England batter Jonathan Trott has compared Shubman Gill to Virat Kohli, saying the young Indian batter is almost a carbon copy of the former Indian captain, who retired from Test cricket earlier this year in May. Gill, aged 25, has been in outstanding form in the ongoing Test series against England, amassing 585 runs in just two matches at an impressive average of 146.25.

In the series opener at Headingley in Leeds, Gill scored 147 in the first innings. He followed it up with superb knocks of 269 and 161 in the second Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham. Trott, who represented England in 52 Tests between 2009 and 2015, remarked...