Let’s start with the most impressive of all Gill stats: he has the second-best one-day international batting average of all time (59), sandwiched between the Netherlands’ Ryan ten Doeschate (67), who is on the India coaching staff for this tour, and Kohli (58) himself. Maybe it’s unfair to draw comparisons in Test cricket just yet,...
In some ways, ending the captaincy on 199 matches in charge feels fitting to summarise Knight’s captaincy. An immense achievement of longevity, desire and determination – but also falling just short. The scenes at Lord’s in July 2017, when England beat India by nine runs to win the 50-over World Cup, promised so much. Knight...