Shubman Gill on Wednesday became only the fourth Indian to register centuries in each of his first two Tests as captain on Day 1 of the second Test against England at Edgbaston in Birmingham. With this remarkable feat, he joins an elite list featuring Vijay Hazare, Sunil Gavaskar, and Virat Kohli.

Having already marked his Test captaincy debut in emphatic fashion with a sublime 147 in the first innings at Headingley, Leeds, Gill continued his rich vein of form to deliver yet another statement knock.

The young skipper brought up his hundred in style, steering a delivery from Joe Root to the boundary on the final ball of the 80th over. His innings was a picture of patience and authority, spanning 199 deliveries and embellished with 11 crisp boundaries. It was the seventh time in his career that Gill reached the three-figure mark in Test cricket, but this effort carried a special significance.