Indian cricket captain Shubman Gill’s First Test Series

• Gill, the captain of India, admires Siraj’s discipline and intensity.

• Both players had memorable series, with Gill finishing with 259 runs and Siraj’s 13 wickets.

• Gill became the Test captaincy after Rohit Sharma’s retirement.

• Siraj, at 31, will remain India’s most potent weapon in international games.

• Gill was named India’s Player-of-the-Series by England head coach Brendon McCullum for 754 runs with four hundreds.

• Gill’s request for a drop down to No. 3 was unsuccessful.

• His performance in the Test series was significant, scoring 585 runs in two Tests and four innings.

• His final tally of 754 is a record for most runs by an Indian captain and the most hundreds in a Test series.