The first Test between India and England at Leeds has been memorable for Shubman Gill, not just for his batting but also for the record books. While he missed out in the second innings with just 8 runs,

Cold logic had no doubt Shubman Gill was going to score plenty of runs on Bazball pitches against a pace attack whose leader is Chris Woakes and others haven't played more than five Tests. Cold logic was reasonably certain Gill was going to score a hundred in one of the five Tests even if these were not Bazball pitches and there was a more menacing attack to face.

It seems like Shubman Gill's love of test cricket is as strong as it was for the great Virat Kohli, one of his predecessors as India's red-ball captain. Heading into his first assignment as test captain,