Shubman Gill has been an international cricketer for nearly six years, his Test debut came more than four years back. He has made quite a name for himself in white-ball cricket, averaging 58.20 in 47 ODIs (strike-rate 101.74) with a highest of 208 and 30.42 in 21 T20Is (strike-rate 139.27, highest 126*).

In Test cricket, however, the 25-year-old from Fazilka in Punjab is still a work in progress, and reasonably slow progress at that. Regarded as one of the more gifted batters in the country, he averages 35.05 from 32 games, which would suggest that he is no longer a rookie, but in the mid-level of experience, at the very least. But he is still to come to grips with Test cricket, and especially Test cricket outside Asia.