Stopping the flow How do England get Gill out? Give him something new to think about

Two games into the series we have already witnessed something very special from Shubman Gill.

- Mark Ramprakash

Two games into the series we have already witnessed something very special from Shubman Gill. In the second Test at Edgbaston he produced a real rarity: an individual performance that defines and dominates a game. Not just piling on the runs, but forcing his opponents to toil in the field until they felt exhausted and out of options.

That fatigue affects batters' mental clarity and their decision-making - what to play, when to leave - as well as their movement and their footwork. Reducing England to 25 for three at the end of the second day went a long way to deciding the match. As well as India bowled with the new ball, it was Gill's remorselessness that created the conditions for it to happen.

We have to pay testament to his stamina, his skill and his hunger - not just for runs, but to set an example as the new captain of a young team. Captaincy can affect a player's form detrimentally, but it seems to have focused him and his three highest Test scores have been made in the past three weeks.

We are coming to the end of a period that has been dominated by the so-called Fab Four - Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson - and the search has been on for players who can take over. Gill has shown he can fill those boots and in a wonderfully orthodox style: he plays all formats and is brilliantly adaptable, but with a foundation of classic technique.