Indian cricket has begun a new stint under a new captain, Shubman Gill, succeeding legends Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Each of these three batters took over the captaincy at different stages of their careers and under other circumstances.

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.