India's fightback leaves us with a cracking series

As a newly-installed captain you have to ensure that you earn the respect of your teammates and he's doing it.

- Alan Richardson

First and foremost you have to show you deserve to be in the side with your own performances, which he's knocking for six at present.

It’s still early days for him, of course, but he’s made the type of start you dream about.

It’s the big question for England about how to get him out before he piles on loads of runs. Perhaps they need a bit of luck.

At Worcestershire we played against Gill when he was with Glamorgan and Ed Barnard got him out cheaply with one of the worst lbw decisions you could see!