Shubman Gill's exuberant celebration after a near dismissal of Joe Root sparked commentary box comparisons to Virat Kohli. Despite the overturned decision, Gill marked his Test captaincy debut with a century,

Shubman Gill sits in the second position Shubman Gill sits in the second spot on the elite list of Indian captains with the highest scores on Test captaincy debut. The right-hander was unbeaten on 125 at the close of Day 1 and went on to add 22 more runs on the second day before being dismissed for 147.

On his first day as Test captain, Shubman Gill led with calm authority, silencing doubts not with flair but with discipline and steel. At Headingley, he and his young team signalled that India's red-ball future may well be in safe hands.