Prior to his appointment as captain, Shubman Gill had mustered three half-centuries and a solitary hundred from 24 Test knocks outside of India. His average away from home stood at a modest 29.50.
But anyone who has followed Gill’s progress since he lit up the 2018 Under-19 World Cup – averaging 124 and leading Rob Key, in his previous guise as a commentator, to explain the teenage strokemaker as the perfect young batter he’d ever seen – knew it was only a matter of time before all the pieces clicked into place.
He quickly mastered the white ball, becoming the fastest player in history to attain 2…