Shubman Singh Gill

Former England captain Michael Atherton reminded the chatter around the youngster filling in the big boots of Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli at No. 4, who held the position for the last three decades in Tests.

From 84/5, England passed the 350-run milestone without losing any wicket, featuring a ruthless show by Harry Brook and Jamie Smith and aided by some defensive strategies from India.

Shubman Gill listened to the voice messages of his parents after the sensational knock and became very emotional.

Shubman Gill's innings saw him earn many plaudits and joining them was former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen, who highlighted his over a year old post on the "Prince" of Indian cricket.

India are calling the shots again and now is the time to close it out. It will take time and the good news for India is there is a lot of it remaining in the second Test.

Shubman Gill's performance has given India an edge as the visitors look to square things up after enduring a five-wicket loss in the series opener at Headingley, Leeds.

Whatever unfolds over the rest of the game, one truth is now harder to deny: Shubman Gill is evolving — and this double century, under pressure and in testing conditions, may be the moment his legacy in overseas Tests truly began.

Shubman Gill’s second century of the series hauled India back into contention at Edgbaston.

Jasprit Bumrah was declared fully fit and available for selection by skipper Shubman Gill on the eve of the Edgbaston Test.

Shubman Gill did not commit to premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah playing at Edgbaston despite being “available for selection”.

“Every great team, no matter what year you’re playing, the one stand out feature they’ve always had is that they’ve been a great fielding team."

In cloudy conditions, Gill began Day 5 with an excessive number of boundary riders, something Manjrekar said Virat Kohli would never have done.

Shubman Gill showed confidence in his pacers (Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna) bowling from different ends, suggesting that they can create havoc for the opposition.

With two days remaining and the surface beginning to flatten out, India will need a strong batting effort and sharper on-field execution to reclaim the momentum they so nearly lost.

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.