New Delhi, July 27 -- Shubman Gill became the first captain to score four hundreds in his debut Test series as captain, surpassing his former teammate Virat Kohli after the Indian reached three figures on the fifth day of the fourth Test against England on Sunday at Old Trafford. Coming into bat when his team reeling at 0/2 in the second innings, Gill joined KL Rahul to revive the sinking ship with a 188-run stand.

However, Rahul missed his well-deserved hundred by 10 runs but Gill continued in his same vein to bring up his ninth hundred in the longest format with a single off Chris Woakes. Notably, Warwick Armstrong, Bradman, Greg Chappell, Virat Kohli and Steven Smith had scored three hundreds each in their debut Test series as captain...