India, Oct. 10 -- Shubman Gill's life has been on a fast track ever since he was named India's Test captain before the England tour. In the absence of legendary cricketers Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin and former captain Rohit Sharma, Gill put on a grand show as batter and captain to return with a 2-2 draw on English soil. A couple of months later, he won his maiden home Test inside two and a half days as India beat the West Indies. Among all the good things in his captaincy tenure so far, the only blob was the toss. Gill had lost all six of his tosses but that too changed in the second Test against the Windies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.

Shubman Gill won the first toss as India captain in his seventh attempt -- this is ...