Gill's extra-ordinary combo of double ton and century and a ten-wicket haul by Akash Deep emerged as major highlights as India put an end to their winless run at Birmingham after seven losses and a draw, winning the match by 336 runs.
Former left-arm spinner Monty Panesar believes India's biggest shortcoming is their ineffectivness to scalps 20 wickets in a Test match, a factor which could hinder them in the second contest against England in Birmingham.
Team India trails the series 0-1, having failed to defend the 371 runs set by them at Leeds despite scoring five centuries in the Test, including two by their swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant.
The second Test will kickstart from Wednesday onwards at Birmingham. India is trailing 0-1 in the series, failing to defend 371 runs at Leeds, despite scoring five centuries while batting.
Ahead of the second Test at Edgbaston on July 2, India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate backed opener Yashasvi Jaiswal following his poor outing in the field during both innings of the first Test against England, which was played at Leeds.
India head coach Gautam Gambhir defended the tail-end despite the twin batting collapse in each innings of the opening Test against England at Headingley.
Former cricketer Yograj Singh lauded the right-arm seamer Jasprit Bumrah for his exceptional performance in the first innings of the ongoing Leeds Test at Headingley against England.
In his outing against England on Sunday in the first test of the five-test match series, at Leeds, Bumrah grabbed his 14th five-wicket haul of his test career despite four drop catches on his bowling.
"We've seen four hundreds in the match so far -- three from India and one from England -- but which bowler has been truly special? For me, it's just Bumrah," said Manjrekar on 'Match Centre Live' after the conclusion of Day 2.
Former Indian cricketer and Rewa Jaguars head coach Ishwar Pandey believes that right-arm seamer Jasprit Bumrah will play all the five Test matches of the series against England in the ongoing tour.
India's legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar feels that right-arm seamer Jasprit Bumrah will going to be the strike bowler for the visitors in the upcoming England tour for the five-match series.