Shubman Singh Gill

Shubman Gill could face disciplinary action for potentially breaching the ICC’s dress code regulations by wearing black-coloured socks.

When India takes on Ben Stokes and company on Saturday, they would hope that everything goes smoothly once more.

Rishabh Pant warned his skipper about the ball reverse swinging, which came in the 60th over of the innings delivered by England spinner Shoaib Bashir.

Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant remained unbeaten at stumps, having added an unbroken 138-run partnership. They’ll resume on Day 2 with India in command.

Shubman Gill reached his sixth Test hundred in 140 balls. Given the backdrop, it was his best in this format yet.

With Shubman Gill scoring nearly at run-a-ball and Jaiswal keeping up a steady pace while hitting the loose deliveries to the fence, India could hardly afford a run-out.

Shubman Gill is the 23rd player in Test cricket history to score a century in his first innings as captain and, notably, the fourth youngest to do so.

This was Shubman Gill’s moment and he stood out with a hallmark century, which now places him in an elite list featuring Sunil Gavaskar and Virat Kohli - a ton in debut innings as India's Test captain.

Shubman Gill’s side maybe lacking in experience of playing red-ball cricket in England but the skipper was unfazed.

Sachin Tendulkar spoke at length to Boria Majumdar about the churn and how this is always a constant in cricket and will always be the case.

Shubman Gill was forever tipped for greatness. Now as India’s red ball captain, he needs to transform potential into performance.

Nick Knight also identified a technical weakness in Shubman Gill's batting that the home team (England) will want to take advantage of.

Shubman Gill, who has played 32 Tests, has struggled to convert starts in overseas conditions, particularly in SENA countries.

After Rohit Sharma retired the Test format, India selected the 25-year-old top-order batsman Shubman Gill over pace leader Jasprit Bumrah to be their new Test captain.

Leeds will pose India a very tough challenge. But if you look back, one of India’s best overseas wins also came in the same venue under Sourav Ganguly in 2002.

Rohit Sharma's stump-mic banter was well-known and often went viral on social media.

Prior to the commencement of the Test series, the intra-squad match provides the players with a chance to adjust to the English conditions.

Gautam Gambhir and Shubman Gill welcomed newcomers Sai Sudharsan and Arshdeep Singh to the red-ball setup and laid out the collective goals for the next series.

Netizens zoomed in to see the word "Prince" written on Gill's bat after the BCCI published images of him on social media.

The Test retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli just one month before the England series was supposed to begin, came as a shock to Indian cricket fans.