India, Aug. 5 -- India may have ended the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in a 2-2 draw - extending their 15-year wait for a Test series win in England - but the contest offered more positives and promise than many expected. Chief among them was Shubman Gill's captaincy.

Gill's appointment as Test captain ahead of more experienced names for a high-stakes England tour raised eyebrows. Neither head coach Gautam Gambhir nor chief selector Ajit Agarkar's backing could immediately quell the doubts. But all questions were put to rest after the Oval thriller, where India pulled off a dramatic six-run heist to level the series.

Gill was named Player of the Series for leading India's batting charge, scoring 754 runs in 10 innings - the most ever by an...